Athough te first day of spring is not officialy until the 22 March the weather here sure felt very spring like over the weekend. Down on the plot is was a pleasure to be under clear blue sky and a warm sun that gave a promise of things to come. We spent a few hours [...]
It’s been a raining most of the day here, not a good day to spend on the allotment. The bed that had the parsnips and swedes in is now empty and waiting to be dug but it will have to wait until the soil dries out a bit. Time has not been wasted though as [...]
Took a stroll down to the plot this afternoon.How things can change in a few hours. it’s hard to believe that early this morning the tempature was down to -9c yet this afternoon is fine sunny and feeling quite pleasant at a reasonable +5c.As far as the plot goes most of the ground had thawed [...]
Took the kitchen waste to the allotment today and looking at the frozen ground it was obvious that there was nothing that could be done today, so it was off for a trip to the garden centre to buy a few odds and ends. We bought some onion sets and also some gladioli corms for [...]
