Sorry, very bad joke for Ferrero Rocher lovers, but our courgette plant (‘Ambassador’) is doing great and we will be spoilt with this crop According to The Vegetable Expert book we’re ready to crop some of these – it’s recommended that courgettes are cut when they get to 4 inches to encourage more flowering, so we’ll [...]

Everything is coming along very well! We’ve started to stake the ‘Cobra’ beans as they started to trail along the ground, unfortunately only two of the plants made it, but they’re looking strong and have started to flower. Talking of flowers, the courgette flowers are fabulous! And it’s so exciting to see four baby courgettes [...]

After so much heavy rain and many sunny spells there’s a lot of green on the allotment! Sadly the plants that are doing extremely well are the weeds, but many of our seeds are taking root too. The radishes are doing very well indeed – they desperately needed some thinning out, which Lisa persuaded Tony [...]

We’re back from Barbados, but sadly no trip to the allotment due to all the rain. We have decided what we’ll be growing though! In no particular order: Leeks Onions Garlic Radish Lettuce Endive French Beans Courgette Cauliflower Broccoli Cabbage Potatoes Carrots Parsnips Beetroot Asparagus and herbs… Salvia (sage) Bay Basil Peppermint Coriander Thyme Chives [...]