So, as we move into the second year on the allotment plot, we are still in the grip of winter and freezing temperatures. This is certainly turning into one of the coldest winters for a few years. The ground has been frozen for the past week and it looks as though this will carry on …
The 26 January 2023 marks one year since I first started working on plot 8B. I had received the email from the local Parish Council on the 7 January 2022 to advise me that a plot had become available. Following site inspections, acceptance of the offer and the signing of the Tenancy Agreement, my first …
Well, it was a somewhat auspicious start to the final week of the allotments first year. Planned to do a three-hour session on the plot but woke up to a heavy frost and the ground is rock hard. Unfortunately, the work I wanted to get on with involves a lot of digging, so that will …
Having survived Christmas and New Year, thoughts now turn to the new growing season, and you think - 'that's a few months off yet' then you realise your first crops are due to be planted out in February and that is only 5 weeks away! Fortunately, with regard to the plot revamp I am on …
Colder temperatures, reduced light and increased pain from Sciatica and Arthritis means that December will be a leaner working month on the allotment. Current outstanding jobs include the filling of the raised beds in the polytunnel and finishing the new rhubarb bed, clearing the last of this year's beds and putting them 'to bed' late …
With just a few shopping days left until Christmas, here are some of the products and books and I have enjoyed using in the garden and on the allotment. I have split the list into software, books and products and whilst I have enjoyed using all of these, none of the things mentioned are gifted …
Blog Post - My enthusiasm was quickly diminished by the one set of sciatica! #GardeningTwitter #Allotment #GrowYourOwn
I have reached an annoying impasse where I want to finish the laying out of the new allotment plot but cannot because I still have crops in the ground until, at the earliest, December. It is therefore the opportunity to catch up on other jobs and get previously started jobs completed. With winter approaching, I …
We are now entering an extended spell of wet weather, so trips to the allotment are very hit or miss. Only two days looked good this week and on one of those I had hospital appointments. It is frustrating, as I did want to push on with the plot redesign. However, with the exception of …
On a personal level, this week was very significant. On the Monday 24 October I turned 66 years old which, in the UK, is the age at which you can draw your state pension. So as of the Monday I am officially a young old age pensioner and as of next Monday, 31 October, I …
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