Ok, not quite unearthing, but deep in the back of the cupboard we found some old seeds… no idea whether they’re any good, but thought it was worth a bash! Planted in an old drawer (recycling as well!) we have sowed Sweet Marjoram, Parsley, Sage, Thyme and Basil (Sweet Genovese and Red Bordeaux). With a [...]

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 [...]

Up at dawn again for a bit of digging… well, that was the intention anyway. Instead we spent the time in the clubhouse (just a big shed really) completing our order form for next year’s seeds – we’re going for: Courgette ‘Ambassador F1′ Broccoli ‘Bordeaux F1′ Parsnip ‘Countess F1′ (as a girlfriend for the Ambassador!) [...]

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 [...]

First trip to the garden centre today to get plants and seeds – it was all very exciting! Plans to go up and make a start on the allotment were thwarted though when it started raining – much to our disappointment.