Such a pleasure to be out working on the plot today in the sunshine but as we have had no rain for some time now, we shall need to have the hose out each week to keep the plants growing on well. [...]
A sunny day but still a cold wind. All of the apples are covered in amazing display of blossom. The saskatoon (Amelanchier alnifolia) is in full flower too. The cold spring is definitely [...]
A busy day on the plot with clearing, sowing, planting and digging done and the first cut of the year for the grass. The strawberry bed had its protective matting taken off to let us in to weed, [...]
Today the remaining potatoes were planted out and we had another bonfire to clear the plot of waste wood. Last week a sowing was made of carrots and beetroot, so we shall wait for another couple [...]
On Thursday there was no sign of warmer days and a cold east wind was blowing which kept the allotment crew on the move. Plans to get the early potatoes in and sow the first rows of carrots and [...]
The buds on the newly planted cherry are filling out so time to net it against the bullfinches who would strip in in no time. We haven’t seen any but don’t want to take the chance. [...]
A good day for digging. We generally follow a no-dig policy at the Allotment, but the beds for the potatoes are always double dug and that was the job for today. We decided on a trial this year [...]
A dull cold day with rain coming in but we managed to get the first plantings of the season done. The broad beans were sown at the beginning of February – variety ‘The Sutton’– and have [...]
Blue skies and warm sunshine today even allowed the more hardy of us to take off jackets. After all the snow, the ground is not dry enough to do any work on it but as the days lengthen, it is [...]
A snell wind today to use a good Scots word, but the sun was shining. The winter fruit pruning workshop on Sunday was even more popular than usual with about 40 people turning up to watch George [...]
