Last Thursday was our last working day on the plot for this year. A dry, windless day gave us the chance to do the winter wash (we use ‘Winter Wash’ which is organic) of the fruit trees and [...]
We finished coppicing the hazel today and started (and finished!) doing the same to the willows. They are now looking quite stark but will start putting out new shoots in the spring. The [...]
After a few dreich days, Thursday was sunny but chilly. On the bright side, we had plenty to do to keep us warm. We started on the annual coppicing of the hazel that we grow as a windbreak on the [...]
On Thursday, we kept warm by energetically barrowing leaves onto the bare beds to act as a mulch over winter. The thick layer will protect the soil from the winter weather, provide shelter for [...]
Well, the sun was shining on Thursday, but we had to be energetic to keep warm so no changes there. Our comfrey has been disappearing in a sea of Innula, Helianthemum and Valerian so we had a [...]
A damp and chilly day on Thursday but a good turn-out of volunteers none the less and we set to with a couple of breaks under shelter when the rain came on. The soil is wet after all the rain, [...]
Today we worked on the repair of the compost bins. Ours are made from pallets and, unfortunately, three had rotted and needed replaced. In winter, most of the plot is in shade until early [...]
The plan for today didn’t happen as we found a tunnel in the compost heap and ended up clearing out the heap and found the cause – a family of very cute little mice in the corner. They [...]
A chilly start again but there was plenty of hard work to keep us warm. The weeding of the beds continues and the clearance of the comfrey bed where the comfrey plants have disappeared in a [...]
A chilly day on the allotment but no rain so we were able to get all the work done starting with the planting of the onion sets. These will be ready in early summer so a little earlier than [...]
