Harvest

Allotment Tales 25-09-2025 After a nippy start, the sun came out and the day remained warm and bright – a real Autumnal treat! Pruning was today’s main activity. We were […]

Allotment Tales 14-08-2025 Another day of building heat, following two scorchers. The ground is very dry, so lots of watering today. Green manure sown a fortnight ago has already come […]

Allotment Tales 31-07-2025 Mild and overcast, but a nice temperature for working. Our lovely strawberries are finished, so time to remove old leaves and straw for another year. Looking ahead […]

Allotment Tales 19-06-2025 Another lovely day, with lots of watering required. Planting continues. Today it was the turn of dwarf French beans (Purple Teepee) and cabbage (Rodema and Tantour [...]

Woolly hats and layers were back on today as conditions were damp and chilly – April showers later with short patches of sun.   Tattie planting continues. Today it was Heritage […]

April already! A disappointingly sharp, chilly morning after a few days of sunshine. However, the sun broke through around midday, which was very welcome! At the windbreak, wobbly end posts […]

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 […]

  Thursday saw another day of weeding and harvesting. With no wind or rain it positively balmy (as long as you had a fleece on!) We focused on the paths […]

Last Thursday was good day for lifting the main crop potatoes and what a harvest we had! They were laid out to dry before bagging up for storage. Each row […]

Another good day on the weeding, as we concentrate on keeping the fruit and veg beds free of weeds, with a more relaxed approach to the flower beds round the […]