Finally planted out the Brussel Sprouts (‘Wellington’) that we bought from Barnsdale Gardens… they’re looking good so far, but they’ve a long way to go before they get onto our Christmas dinner plate! Siobhan has promised to make Beef Wellington (geddit?!) once we harvest too, so the protection from pigeons begins now, with a bit [...]

Marjory (our compost heap) is taking up most of the space on the most weeded plot, so we’ve only sown two rows of carrots: ‘Early Nantes 2′ – an old packet which we’ve probably sown far too late, but nevermind! and ‘Autumn King’ – we’re a little more hopeful for these! Forgot to put the [...]

The overalls got their first outing today. It was a very hot day and there were questions from some friends over whether we had gone commando, but a lady does not reveal such things! Met the treasurer of the allotment today and attempts to look like we knew what we were doing failed when Siobhan [...]