The sowing and planting for the summer crops are almost finished. On Thursday, we planted out the runner beans (various varieties), some borlotti beans which are better for drying, French [...]
Thursday was a dull day which promised rain – something that certainly happened, but we did manage to get the grass cut and, as recommended by the BBC programme ‘Springwatch’, [...]
May is the busiest month on the allotment with so much sowing and planting to be done as well as keeping up with the weeding and grass cutting. Today the Brussel sprouts and late cabbages [...]
Apologies to Moira and her team at the Allotment. Due to a few technical difficulties we were unable to post last weeks Allotment Blog to the website. Here it is now. You will get another [...]
The first job when we arrive is the walk round to check how everything is doing and what is needing done. On Thursday the first of the potatoes were showing, the second early variety ‘Nicola’, so [...]
On Thursday, we did the first cut of the grass and more seed sowing. We sowed another row of carrots and beetroot to give us a succession of produce and two rows of kohl rabi, both the [...]
On Thursday we had a cloudy start, but the sun and blue skies soon appeared and, with warmer weather being forecast for the following few days, it was time to get on with the sowing and planting. [...]
Sunshine and blue skies for us on Thursday. We finished preparing the trenches for the carrot and parsnip sowing, riddling the soil and, for the carrots, adding some sand to improve the drainage [...]
It is still pretty chilly at Bridgend but good to see everything growing regardless. We planted out the onion sets, variety Centurion, today. They were grown on in pots to get them started. We [...]
The vernal equinox was on Wednesday and spring is definitely happening on the allotment with an abundance of daffodils and hyacinths, the flowers out on the honeyberry and the fruit buds [...]
