allotmentgirls

Two girls and an allotment… get mucky at the weekend!

   May 31

Dodging the Rain

The weather wasn’t so kind today, but we managed to dodge the rain to get two rows of potatoes in (King Edwards) and a lot more weeding done.
We also harvested three sticks of rhubarb and a test onion! Oh, and some sage… it is going mad so need to find a good way to [...]

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   Apr 08

Signs of life…

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 [...]

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   Apr 02

Springtime Weeding and Digging

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 [...]

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   Apr 05

Welcome to Rhubarbia!

Lisa’s Mum & Dad wanted to get rid of half their rhubarb… no problem we thought, we’ve got space for a bit of rhubarb! Then we discovered how much ‘half’ really was!
On the outskirts of our plot we now have ‘Rhubarbia’ – three rhubarb plants (and another two unplanted) which are likely to keep us [...]

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