.What a week it has been! Fortunately, we haven't had weather as bad as in some areas. For us, it has delivered lots of rain and strong winds.  Happily, when the weather is too bad we c… Read More

It's been a very mixed week weatherwise. We have gone from summery and warm one day to rather wintery the day after. We have also had quite a bit of rain, in fact, we were rained off again w… Read More

We managed a couple of afternoons at the allotment, although once again on one occasion we were rained off. In stark contrast on the second visit, it was warm and sunny.We are still clearing… Read More

We only paid two visits to the allotment last week and one of those was only fleeting. Early in the week, we had been kept busy. Our fruit growing area has been somewhat neglected so we… Read More

Activity is rather repetitive at the allotment at the moment and I won’t bore you with photos of the beds that we cleared, weeded and dug last week. The plot is becoming a patchwork of… Read More

Nights are beginning to draw in, which is a sign that our allotment season is winding down. There are still some crops to harvest. Some such as parsnips, cabbages and leeks will stay in the… Read More

Summer put in a somewhat belated appearance last week. Trying to make up for lost time the thermometers soared.The result of this sudden onslaught was that we spent very little time at the a… Read More

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It’s round to that stage in the allotmenting year when the focus is more on preparing for next year. It seems to have come along earlier than in previous years maybe due to a lack of a… Read More

In my last post, I wrote that I had lifted the onions as the forecast was for a warm dry period. Of course, the forecast was wrong and we had rain. The onions were not going to dry out sitti… Read More

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It’s been a few weeks since we have told you about our walk, the CMHoL so we are back at it and telling you about Section 11 – Lower Sydenham to West Croydon. We se… Read More

We really have had more than enough rain now! Back when we were spending our days lugging watering cans, we should have been more careful with what we were wishing for.The rain alternates fr… Read More

It seems that no sooner have we planted up all our allotment beds than we start to clear them.  The period of time during which the plot looks its best is short-lived. We may not h… Read More

At the moment, there never seems to be a happy medium where our weather is concerned. June saw us lugging watering cans in the level of heat not ideal for that type of work. Now in July, whi… Read More

There is never a happy medium where our weather is concerned. Only a couple of week's ago we were struggling to keep our plants watered. The soil was dry and we were lugging watering cans ar… Read More

At the beginning of last week, although we had some light rain, we were still watering, The heavy rain that was forecast seemed to be determined to miss us. We had to follow a different… Read More

It seems to happen every year at this time. Everything in the garden and on the plot is planted out and settled in and looking lovely.  Then as soon as the cardoons have developed flowe… Read More

As we were treated to some much needed rain, we had a reprieve from watering duties. This freed up time for us to start catching up on some jobs on the allotment that had been put on hold or… Read More

We seem to be repeating last year. The allotment is now almost fully planted and the weather gods seem to have forgotten how to produce rain. Thunderstorms have been promised but seemingly n… Read More

It was a lovely week last week. No rain and temperatures that meant sweaters were discarded and shade was sought.The downside  - of course there always is a downide - was that we had to… Read More

We spent three busy afternoons at the allotment. Martyn, spent time strimming as the grass is growing at an alarming rate. The conditions are ideal for both grass and weed growth so Martyn s… Read More

There are actually many remarkable LGBTQ+ love manga today, but this was regrettably certainly not regularly the case. The past history of LGBTQ+ representation in media, as a whole, is act… Read More

Yep we are back to the next section of our walk. Section 7 From Fairlop to Barking. We start off at Fairlop Station – now depending on where you ended the last section &n… Read More

One of the main tasks at the allotment last week was to plant potatoes.Firstly, Martyn tilled some of the beds whilst I weeded and cleared more beds.Three long beds were tilled, two of which… Read More

Fifteen years post transplant; fifteen photos to represent my gratitude; fifteen words per photo.Such a hard decision for a family, offering the gift of life to a stranger.A releas… Read More

We were having breakfast on Saturday morning when our attention was drawn to a dead tree fern stump.The day before I had cut back all our ferns including those growing around the base of the… Read More

We are back to our new walk and this time Wood St E17 to Buckhurst Hill. Here is what we found and what you can expect if you join the #CMHoL… We start where we left off la… Read More

All that was left of the huge pile of ‘prunings’, that we had piled up, was a modest pile of ash.This will be put to good use and spread on the bed.Read moreCopyright: Original p… Read More

We’ve taken part in the RSPB annual bird count for over ten years but this year we nearly missed it. Last Saturday night, Martyn asked if we should have been counting the bir… Read More

Firstly apologies if this post ends up flaky. I'm working on a new laptop. I'm used to working on a desktop computer with a mouse and where I am used to where all the keys are. Now I am usin… Read More

There's not much to say about this week, other than it has been cold - very cold.Needless to say, we have not been to the allotment. Even if we had fancied a trip - which we didn't - the gro… Read More

Meteorologically speaking, winter's already upon us.  Astronomically winter begins at the winter equinox on 21 December. Whichever definition you prefer, as far as our weather is concer… Read More

Another non-gardening week last week.Preparing for our new carpets to be fitted involved taking a desk apart. Whilst doing this a large piece of wood fell on, Martyn's foot. The result was a… Read More