A gentle autumnal day, the sun on our backs as we continued winding down the allotment for Winter. We weeded inside the fruit cage and amongst the leeks, took […]
Woollen bunnets are now firmly clamped on until the end of April 2025! However, it was a treat to be able to have our coffee break in the autumnal sunshine. […]
Last Thursday gave us blustery gales and rain – hardly the season of “mist and mellow fruitfulness!” So, heads down, we worked through our allotted tasks. More maincrop tatties were […]
Thursday was a bit sharp and overcast to start with (after 2 glorious days of sun) but the sunshine eventually won out over the haar approaching from Arthur’s Seat. We […]
A late double blog today – we had some technical issues which have now been resolved. We’ve happily been treated to some fine weather this past fortnight, moving to the […]
Thursday was a bit breezy with – dare we say it – an autumnal edge. Have we officially been cheated out of summer, or do we optimistically hold on for […]
Thursday started off better than forecast but by 1pm miserable squally showers started sweeping across Bridgend – giving us just enough time for a swift picking of blueberries and sweetpeas […]
Thursday was overcast, but mild – and no wind! A day of plant and plot maintenance. We grasped the thistle and thinned the apple trees (Discovery and James Grieve). This […]
At last – T-shirt weather has arrived (at least for the day!). Alas! The slugs have eaten yet another crop of juicy young bean plants. Optimistically we planted yet another […]
With the threat of sun on several occasions, a main excitement was strimming the communal verges as opposed to last week’s shenanigans with spades and shears. Threading the strimmer quickly […]