It was overcast and breezy when the team were on the allotment last Thursday, but still mild for the first September session. The FEDAGA/Caley “Grow and Show Together” event was […]
Slight autumnal mistiness – but mild and settled, with today’s activities reflecting subtle seasonal changes. We completed our FEDAGA order for tatties, onions and leeks, sharpened a few tools [...]
We’ve had two sunny Thursdays. It’s been great being amongst the bounty, though hard going at times, working in high temperatures and humidity. No complaining though! Harvesting, watering and [...]
Two weeks of sunshine have seen temperatures rising and crops ripening. The fruit harvest has really kicked in. Last Thursday (2nd) the team picked punnets of strawberries, black and white […]
It may seem like only yesterday that the allotment crew welcomed George Anderson on to the Caley allotment to demonstrate winter fruit pruning but if you have fruit trees and […]
Thursday on the allotment was full of glorious sunshine for the third successive day. Everything at the allotment seems super-charged – crops and weeds alike. It’s suddenly peak strawberry [...]
It is hard to think that on the 11th June the team abandoned ship after coffee following a valiant attempt at plot maintenance in heavy rain. Then a week later […]
The 4th of June was a day of sunshine and showers, but felt like peak planting season. The first of the brassicas – healthy little broccoli plants – went in […]
A lovely late Spring Day – hopefully heralding a sunny June to come. Weeding continues to be a main activity at the allotment, amongst delicate germinating roots, in the raspberry […]
