Author: Kate J

It was clear that this weekend wasn’t going to have the best weather.  Firstly it’s a bank holiday, Secondly we’re in England and thirdly the weather forecast did not look promising.  Usually any of these three is an indicator that there could be rain.  Any two of the three is an indicator that they’re really could be rain.  But to have all 3 line up on the same weekend is a certain sign of rain! We had grand plans for the weekend which included jobs at home and jobs on the allotment.  With quite a few plants still to...

Bit cooler then the last time we were down on the plot, but we were very happy to see that in the last few days our potatoes have sprouted! We have the tell tale little leaves poking their heads above the, ever so slightly weedy, soil. Our job now is to ‘earth them up’ which basically entails covering them back up again! In other news, the onions are on good form and looking pretty comparable to those on other plots which is always nice to see. Unfortunately for us, they are planted at the far end of the plot...

It was brought to my attention a few days ago that I may have made a small, but not insignificant mistake regarding our beloved plot. I am embarrassed to say that I told you all in the post ‘In-Between the Weeds’ that we had taken possession of, and were working on plot number 37. Unfortunately the rather more ‘preened’ plot ’37’ belongs to our neighbours and we are actually working on plot 36. I am relieved to say that we have at least been working on our plot and not somebody else’s, because lets face it, that would have...

There has been much excitement from both the Allotmenteers and Mummy this weekend after a visit to Granny’s Greenhouse. What we found can only be described as a massive success as, believe it or not, we have things growing! Not just the odd few shoots which I found about a week ago, we now have full on actual seeding appearing. This is a massive relief and I can not lie, I think a small victory dance was performed by myself upon finding those green heads popping above the damp compost. So, what has been growing I hear you ask....

What a transformation of a week, the sun has been shinning, its warm and things are finally starting to dry out down on the plot. This upward turn in the weather has been very well received by everyone and has meant full steam ahead in terms of getting the plot into shape ready for more planting action. So the name of the game has been digging, digging, weeding and a little more digging. I cant lie, this post is a little latter coming to you then I was expecting, but then again when you have digging as the main...