Yes, we’re lazy, we know it! But today we went up to the plot to clear LOADS of weeds…
We had breakfast – lots of raspberries, straight from the canes – delicious! Shop-bought berries really pale in comparison.
Potatoes are looking healthy, plenty of time to go before we dig them up though.
And we planted a [...]

We had a great time on the allotment today, basking in the sunshine! Of course we still had our wellies on
Lots of weeding to be done, the dreaded dandelions are in full irritation mode.
Raspberries are looking great, buds on all of them and the herbs are going mad – woohoo!!
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It does seem like all we do on our visits to the plot is dig… but we’re making really good progress and we can see proper soil!!
Today we almost cleared the area where Marjory used to live, levelling out and digging out the blasted dandelions…
New canes for the raspberries has tidied up that section very [...]

No, not us! Spring is definitely here with green shoots sprouting up all over the place – thankfully they’re not all weeds…
The rhubarb is coming up really well and the raspberry canes are going mad, so we’ll be ok for puddings this year!
Tonight we completed the weeding around all the crops, so it [...]

A good old digging and weeding session this morning… the rain held off for us and there was a slight glimmer of sunshine for about two seconds!
Siobhan cleared the weeds around the raspberry canes, which we can see new growth on (can’t wait for some fresh raspberry cocktails this summer!), while Lisa rather haphazardly dug [...]

A bit behind in blogging, so here’s an update from our Sunny Sunday session!
Garlic is fab – the entire row has sprouted So glad we properly weeded that section as the leaves look a lot like grass! It’s not grass, honest!
Raspberries are doing well too – leaves are looking really healthy so far [...]

The raspberry canes have been in two weeks now and all six, we are very pleased to report, are sprouting leaves!
We will need to stake them – originally we thought they were autumn-fruiting, which don’t need staking, but they’re not… Glen Ample are summer-fruiting, so need a little something to lean on!

Really pleased with the raspberry canes from Thompson & Morgan – planted them (almost) according to the instructions… a couple may be a little too close together, but we’ll see!
We have ‘Glen Ample’ which *should* produce a heavy crop – roughly 11kg (24lb) with our six canes – fingers crossed!