.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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Onions seem to be featuring heavily at the moment. We have them at every stage in their life cycle.At home, sheltering in a cold frame are what are left of the onions planted last autumn.Dry… Read More
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
The forecast is for wet or drizzly weather this week, so last weekend we decided that we had better have a fire to burn the huge pile of ‘prunings’ that we had gathered.The rulin… Read More
Last week was another non-gardening week. It was cold - very cold - and we also had some fog at the weekend. We couldn't keep the bird-bath ice-free but fortunately, the birds could drink fr… 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
With a freezing weather forecast for the latter part of the week, we decided that we had better lift the dahlias and put them into winter storage. With this in mind, we headed to the allotme… 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