Solace in manure, seed sowing and early spring flowers

It’s been another beautiful sunny day here in London. More manure This morning, I went to fetch some fresh manure from the local stables and filled up the third compost bay I emptied yesterday. You can’t have too much manure or compost on an allotment, I don’t reckon, so I like to keep all 3 […]

A sunny, peaceful afternoon on the allotment

A lovely, sunny and peaceful afternoon on the allotment, getting ready for spring

This week: storms, seedlings and sowing

What I’ve been up to this week, sowing seeds, pricking out and potting on

Dig vs no-dig soil: a comparison in 2 pictures

A comparison of 2 images that show how and why no-dig works

Unfurling rose

A pale pink rose unfurling in the February garden

First week of February: seeds, seedlings and light

The days are getting noticeably longer and it is a wonderful, joyful thing. Today it was still light after 5pm, by the end of the month it will be light until after 6 (if you include twilight). There have been a few sunny and mild days over the last couple of weeks; yesterday it was […]

February 2020 vs February 2022

Seeds

I did a lovely big seed order a few weeks ago from The Real Seed Company. I love The Real Seed Company’s ethos (they use organic seeds and help you save your own, not that I ever actually do) and their seeds are good quality and reliable. Last weekend I had a mammoth seed-sowing session at […]

Raised beds

After 10 years of meaning to do this, I’ve finally got around to making raised beds on the allotment. I’m making a virtue out of the fact that the allotment has been pretty much untouched since last spring, because last year work kind of took over in a way that was completely ridiculous, even by […]