.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

I think that the weather gods must have read my previous post and taken pity on us. Last week we actually had some glimpses of summer.The weather forecast sounded promising, so I decided to… Read More

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

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

There's not a lot of interest to share about last week. We were still having to water on every visit to the allotment but we did manage to fit in a bit of weeding and general housekeeping.Ou… 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

The weather was very kind last week. We seemed to have skipped spring and jumped straight into summer. We have had four very productive afternoons at the allotment as well as some long… Read More

We spent much of the time tidying and strimming the grass  - nothing that really lends itself to interesting photos. The conditions are ideal for grass growth and it almost seems as tho… Read More

Nottingham is a city in Nottinghamshire county in the East Midlands of England. The city sits 180 km from London and on the banks of River Trent. Some of the most fun things to do in Notting… 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

The months are ticking by and we still haven't started any planting at the allotment. We've managed the occasional trip to the plot but our activities have been confined to tidying, pruning… Read More

We have two camellias in our garden – a red one and a pink flowered one.If left to their own devices the camellias would outgrow our garden and so every so often they need severely cut… Read More

I finished tidying the All Gold autumn raspberries.Some of the plants have started to shoot but the redness on some of the young leaves is an indication that they are not enjoying the cold t… 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 actually did some work at the allotment last week the focus of which was to do some tidying upSome of the beds that had been dug over last autumn had been battered by the rains and also a… Read More

I don't have much to report this week. 2023 started very miserably - drizzly and dull. We did manage a couple of walks with Ruby but the weather was such that if it hadn't been for her needi… 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

It was another flying visit to the allotment last week,It was a wet week again and Martyn's foot isn't yet improved enough for him to wear any footwear that would be suitable for working on… Read More

This was the lovely clear view of a very skinny moon early this morning. And the next photo shows the sky looking towards the sunrise, beautiful (my camera made the sky look a bit darker tha… Read More

It's ironic that we spent the entire growing season bemoaning the fact that we needed rain but now we are in a race to get the allotment ready for winter before the ground becomes too wet to… Read More