More weeding and clearing, but dug over a small section (ok, a very small section) enough to plant a very short row of Tom Thumb lettuce and an equally short row of Radish – French Breakfast 3. I know it’s rather late for lettuce, but thought it was worth a go. The radishes should be [...]

As you know we’ve been a bit slap-dash/fair-weather/downright lazy so far this year!! But yesterday we had a good old weeding and digging session and cleared a large section of our thistles, couch grass and other weedy enemies! We’ve topped with black bags, weighed down with some of the pulled up weeds – with this and [...]

Our lovely shiny new wellies got mucky today! We chose Hunter wellies after a bit of research online and from talking to a farmer’s wife – they’re very sturdy and feel tough and protective. Digging was a much nicer experience for our feet when compared with the variety of footwear we used before. We think [...]

We were back up to the allotment after work this evening to dig out the remainder of the larger plot of land and plant some lettuces (or should that just be lettuce?). We planted 4 rows in total: 2 rocket – ‘Runway’ 1 lolla rosso 1 tom thumb We also staked the remainder of the [...]

After all the rain we finally got up to the allotment… luckily we didn’t have too many weeds to dig out. Wildlife spotted: Friendly blackbird A slug A big fat worm

Back up to the plot this morning, we bagged up the rubbish and dug a few more weeds out. We attacked the ants with Nippon powder, so hopefully they’ll move or die! Measuring up, the plot is in two sections: one is 5m x 5.8m, the other 5m x 3.75m (the previous owner still has [...]

Today we dug out the old veg – a row of leeks, a row of parsnips and various potatoes. Quite a few weeds and thistles were taken out too. Unfortunately we uncovered an ants’ nest as well, right next to our little grass path that goes up the middle of the plot, so they’ll have [...]

Today we became the (rather overly-proud) owners of a small plot on the Kilburn Road allotments in Oakham. It’s approximately 5m x 9.5m – there are a few old leeks and some parsnips that have gone to seed that we’ll need to dig out, along with a small pile of rubbish, but other than that [...]