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 [...]
The cold nights of the last few days have finished the courgettes and squashes. The sweetcorn has finished cropping and we have done well this year with cobs and the mini corn. It was off to [...]
A day mostly spent picking – autumn raspberries; runner beans; dwarf French beans and corn. We also dug up carrots. The wonderfully coloured red Borlotti beans and the Black Pod beans are [...]
With rain threatened, the first job on Thursday was to pick the soft fruit before it got wet, then on with digging up the trial potatoes and weighing them. We were using different kinds of [...]
Thursday morning spent picking collections of fruit and vegetables for the Dalkeith Show and for a display on the Caley stand at the Dundee Flower and Food Festival – both over the [...]
Quite a wind on Thursday, but the sun was shining as we worked on finishing the pruning of the fruit after the workshop on Sunday and tied in the new growth on the soft fruit. The prunings are [...]
We had a final push to tidy up the plot for the Open Day on Sunday with the grass and edges cut, more weeding, all labels checked, and the high raised bed mended. After that there was the usual – [...]
