This is the last Allotment blog of the year before we take a winter break. Even at this time of the year there is always something to be done -especially […]
The days are certainly becoming chillier, but we often have bright dry weather for our stints on the allotment. The broad bean pods are fattening up and are growing well. […]
The continuing mild and bright days make allotment duties very pleasant. It is good to have visits from the male pheasant in all his autumn glory – though we make […]
Sunny and mild days this week on the allotment. The yellowing leaves were removed from the brassicas and the ground round about, as leaving them on the ground gives a […]
And we have broad bean pods! The plants were bought in were planted in the middle of September, already showing some flowers. They were an experiment, in the hope of […]
A few days of warm sunny weather (16°C) and a pleasure to be working outside. All the apples were picked since so many are now falling as windfalls which makes […]
After the rain and winds, the raspberries were rather soggy and there were plenty windfall apples but there are still more of both waiting to ripen. The windfall apples do […]
Rather than working as a group, we are now spreading ourselves out on different days to comply with the latest government restrictions. It is good to be outside and working […]
We had some good sunshine last week for the ongoing weeding of the paths and edges. Unfortunately, there were some unseasonal cold nights forecast so that will be the end […]
With the new Scottish Government restrictions in place, we are spreading ourselves out over several days rather than the whole team going to the Allotment at the same time. Last […]
