Well, Arwen and I took advantage of some glorious weather and a bit of free time to get the Three Sisters companion plants put into the allotment. It’s a little early for corn to go out, as most sources suggest late May or early June for sweetcorn in the north of the UK, but it’s… Read more

My wonderful neighbour gifted me chives and I want to grow carrots. So I have planted the chives with enough space for carrots in between. The strawberries will not believe their luck as they have a whole raised bed to take over. We considered getting some more cultivated, larger-fruiting varieties but have decided to see… Read more

I weeded bed three of four today…and went back over bed one of four. So. Much. Grass. It’s not enough to get the top shallow rooted grass. There are long, deep cords beneath. So I dug deep. The first earlies are also showing green! Read more

After a slow start, we got to the allotment. Bed two of four weeded! Read more

This afternoon I weeded a raised bed we tried to grow broad beans. No dig requires more mulch than we have. So I dig. The soil was great, just full of grass. Nick tidied up the tree trimmings from the big apple prune. Read more

This weekend the allotment got a chip drop. Our plot is at the bottom of the site. The chip drop was at the top. Saturday and Sunday saw me trekking up and the hill with our wheelbarrow to make the paths. I am now very, very sore. Read more

Today after work I weeded. This wasn’t my first day weeding the allotment and it will not be my last. Read more