As you know we’re rather lazy(!), so it was great to see that over month after planting the potatoes are looking pretty good!! Not all have come through – grass and weeds are encroaching – but most are looking like this one Well… at least we think this is good?! They look healthy anyway and [...]

Once we managed to get rid of the weeds and grass (mainly couch grass, grrrr) on a small section of this year’s potato plot, we dug two ‘trenches’ to plant the seed potatoes. Last year we had courgettes, beans, kale (what we thought was broccoli!) and lettuce here – if that makes a difference! The [...]

Our seeds and potatoes arrived… we ordered them through our allotment association from DT Brown (works out so much cheaper if you do this!). So we’ve got: Purple Moldovan Garlic (the bigger bulbs in the pic, the others are supermarket garlic which we’ll experiment with) Radish – Scarlet Globe (plus two half packs left over [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]