Soft Fruit

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 […]

A lovely sunny day! The allotment is at its most colourful just now with patches of brilliant yellow, mauve and crimson around bed edges and under trees. The sweet peas […]

Mild today, though windy. Strong gusts kept the rain away until we were on our way home – when the heavens finally opened – very lucky! Winter pruning was completed […]

The rain over the past week has helped plant growth and we didn’t get the hose out for a change. Everything is growing well including the weeds and all the […]

Another warm week and thankfully we had some rain but the watering needs to continue, especially for the soft fruit which was moved in the autumn and is still settling […]

It rained on Thursday at the start of our stint and it didn’t ease off at all! However, we did manage to pick up a load of windfall apples and […]

After the heavy rains of the week before, last Thursday we, the allotment crew,  were thankful for a day of sunshine, so good for the potato lifting. All the main […]

Thursday was a fine day for harvesting. The first of the sweetcorn is ready early because of the hot weather – a nice treat. Some crops, like the peas and […]

Thursday was a day for emergency repairs as the strong winds had snapped at ground level two of the supporting posts for the espalier apples. With the trees in full […]

A cooler day today meant that we could be more energetic on the plot and spent much time catching up on the weeding on the paths. Most of the veg […]