As a very much outdoors kind of person, I have always had a used a portable gas stove of some sort or other. The current one that lives in my rucksack is a Jetboil Flash 2 which is incredibly light weight and a fast boiler. The downside to this stove is that it resides in …
I didn't feel as though I had achieved anything so, I decided that the next course of action will be to get a couple of beds dug over
I had great plans for this week however, I had not anticipated Storms Dudley, Eunice, and Franklin. I work 3 days a week and have Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday & Sunday off. I try to spend either Tuesday or Wednesday and Saturday or Sunday at the allotment. Even then, for health reasons, I will only spend …
Following the devastation that we have experienced during Storms Dudley and Eunice in February 2022 I think it a prudent time to share a hack I picked up from the Americans whose greenhouses have to survive hurricanes. On the morning of the 19 February 2022 social media in the UK was full of images from …
The target for this week was the strip of ground running up the left hand side of the plot from the gate to the trellis. It is an area approximately 10m x 2m and covered with brambles, ferns, grass, and other weeds. The google map shows the area marked in red. Wednesday 9 February I …
It had always been my intention, when I got my allotment, to use No Dig principles throughout. I had read all the books and watched YouTube until I had square eyes! I wanted to have 2.4m x 1.2m raised beds as these could be made from 3 lengths of 2.4m timber. The plan was to …
Continue reading To Dig or Not To Dig – That is the Question
I am now starting to get an idea of how I want to progress. I must admit, I was having nightmares after I first visited the site. There seemed so much to do, and I hadn't really got a clear plan. I knew it was going to take time but wasn't sure just how much. …
Today I finished my first full week on the plot. I got the "Thank you for your signed Tenancy Agreement, you can start work on your new plot!" email on Tuesday 25 January and my first day on the plot was the Wednesday 26 January. There is a lot of work to do and although …
Google Maps Having been placed on the waiting list for an allotment on the 30 September 2021, the last thing I expected just 15 weeks later was this in an email from the Parish Council. "I am pleased to inform you that Plot 8B has become available" Having heard so many horror stories of 2-3 …
Well, as with most allotment sites, there is a waiting list. However, within my Parish Council there are 6 different allotment sites making up 143 individual allotments. The annual rent is due on the 1 January and if this is not received within 40 days then contract is terminated. Therefore, there is a high probability …
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