Winter poo and more leaves SteveNovember 17, 2024 The other day I found a new supply of rotted down horse manure, we were out for a…
A Sea of Leaves SteveNovember 15, 2024 You can on longer deny that autumn is here and winter is coming quickly when you see your…
Tidying up the garden – taking down beans SteveNovember 8, 2024 We stopped picking runner beans last month as we just could not keep up with them. We eat…
Pumpkins out, garlic in SteveOctober 20, 2024 A couple of warm sunny autumn days allowed me to go to the plot during the day and…
Picking pumpkins SteveOctober 13, 2024November 19, 2024 Time to start tidying up and prepping things. I pulled the last lot of carrots which got us…
Autumn suddenly arrives SteveSeptember 22, 2024 You visit the plot and it feels just like summer, if not a bit cooler, you cling onto…
Last of the garden carrots SteveSeptember 14, 2024 We have had the best year for carrots in the garden, something we normally struggle with. We have…
Picking dried beans SteveSeptember 14, 2024 The borlotti plants on the plot have all died back so it was time to pick off the…
Tomatoes and Beans SteveSeptember 8, 2024 I am pretty pleased with the tomatoes, with new ones turning red each day and ready for picking.…
Covering Swedes a Bit More SteveSeptember 8, 2024 I covered the swedes last week in order to keep the birds off but it turns out it…
Pumpkins and tomatoes SteveAugust 31, 2024 With outdoor tomatoes I spent the beginning of summer wondering if tomatoes will actually start to appear and…
Garden sweetcorn SteveAugust 25, 2024 We have finally picked our first lot of sweetcorn cobs which has worked out really well in the…
Autumn already? SteveAugust 25, 2024August 31, 2024 It certainly feels like it, shorter evenings and colder mornings. Have we eaten breakfast in the garden for…
Just need to cut the grass SteveAugust 12, 2024August 25, 2024 The garden, I think, is looking really good and I pretty pleased with that we have done, I…
The day of the potatoes SteveAugust 11, 2024 A month later than I would had wanted, due to the bad weather, I finally dug up the…
Sweetcorn and tomatoes in the garden SteveAugust 6, 2024 I have high hopes for our tomatoes and sweetcorn currently growing in the garden. I’ve been removing leaves…
About time I did some weeding SteveAugust 5, 2024 Because in previous years I used to always go up to the plot super early in the morning…
Onions Out, Purple Sprouting In SteveJuly 28, 2024July 28, 2024 It was forecast to be a wet week with super hot days in-between, I’d been waiting for a…
The Corn Jungle SteveJuly 28, 2024 Every day, the sweetcorn plants grow taller and we have started to see corn cobs growing on the…
Quick visits to the plot SteveJuly 22, 2024July 21, 2024 The one day I had time to be at the plot the weather decided to modal mid winter…
Just the garden growing… SteveJuly 21, 2024 The peas came out this weekend, they finished a couple of weeks ago but some were still keeping…
Rain and warmth in the garden SteveJuly 15, 2024 Rain in the summer is annoying but if it’s warm too then plants will grow and sometimes very…
Courgettes and swedes SteveJuly 14, 2024 We have started to puck courgettes and with all the wet weather I am expecting them to grow…
New Shed SteveJuly 4, 2024 Back in 2022 we put up a shed at another plot, it was time for us to take…
Suddenly Summer SteveJuly 4, 2024 Lots of watering other the last week leaving the plot with a mixture of over wintered plants coming…
Not so windy in the garden SteveJune 17, 2024June 16, 2024 A super windy weekend which meant it wasn’t the best to spend a lot of time at the…
Windy visit SteveJune 16, 2024 Super windy with cold and rain yesterday and sun with blue skies today. I was surprised to see…
Beans plant out, strawberries picked SteveJune 8, 2024 I cut the grass paths between plots, and I built a bit more of the decking edging that…
Radish everywhere! SteveJune 5, 2024June 4, 2024 We are on a mission to eat as many radish as possible as the garden keeps providing enough…
Planting out squash & strawberry war victory SteveJune 4, 2024 A mixed weather forecast of warm sunny and rainy days for the next week which made me think…
Garden beds filling up SteveMay 25, 2024 Sunny early morning and so planted out: I sowed some more beetroot as the current line of plants…
Planting out beans and tomatoes SteveMay 20, 2024May 19, 2024 I sowed runner beans undercover last weekend and this weekend they were ready to plant out. This year…
The battle of the weeds SteveMay 19, 2024 A mix of warm weather and rain meant the plot, and in fact the whole allotment site, had…
The battle of the peas SteveMay 12, 2024 A mid week visit on the way home from work, it was sunny and warm during the day…
Sunny day in the garden SteveMay 5, 2024 A bank holiday weekend started off sunny and I had a long list of plants that needed planting…
Netting for strawberries SteveMay 4, 2024 I started this the other week, creating a frame and netting for the strawberries. The idea here is…
Evening visit, banking up potatoes SteveApril 30, 2024 No longer working for home, for now, means I can’t finish work and be on the plot before…
Cutting bushes, planting out SteveApril 30, 2024 Finally got round to cutting the bushes back to shape and trimming/hacking the tree. The off cuts I…
Strawberry netting and potatoes SteveApril 21, 2024 A had a chance afternoon not at work during the week and so took the opportunity to spend…
Prepping for Courgettes SteveApril 14, 2024 Cloudy early morning which soon turned to warm sun. I cycled up to the plot as the main…
Planting out onions SteveApril 8, 2024April 7, 2024 It may had been super windy up at the plot but in the garden we were sheltered from…
Parsnips in the wind SteveApril 7, 2024 Blue sky and sun but very windy. Coming from the south and so hitting the plot head on.…
Potatoes planted SteveMarch 30, 2024 So far with Easter weather, promised to be windy and unsettled, has turned out to be warm with…
First sowing in the garden for 2024 SteveMarch 29, 2024 Easter weekend, early this year at the end of March. So far this year it has been mostly…
Onions planted – beds prepped SteveMarch 23, 2024 Forecast for rain but when I woke up it was blue sky and sunny. I wasn’t planning anything…
Shop compost for the garden beds SteveMarch 17, 2024March 16, 2024 We make compost at home but there is not enough waste to make a lot of it, so…
Enough home made compost to go around SteveMarch 16, 2024 After a bit of a rainy week and next week looking like much the same, Saturday started off…
More beans and no fruit cage SteveMarch 3, 2024 It must be the first day of the year where it has been cold but sunny, clear blue…
Cold and Wet SteveFebruary 25, 2024 There was a brief bit of early morning sun and blue sky which made me think I could…
Chilli seedlings SteveFebruary 19, 2024 Not much has happened on the plot for weeks because it’s been constantly raining all month. However, at…