A quick note of seeds, seedlings and planting this week

A quick record of things I’ve sown or potted on this week…. Spring veggies At the allotment, I sowed parsnips (tender and true), sicilian giant radishes and kohl rabi Azur. There are annual seedlings germinating in the soil in the raised beds now, so it should be warm enough for these to get going. Green […]

No-dig green manures

It was wonderful to get outside today in the warm sunshine. The snow has melted away, the sky is blue with a few clouds, and the temperature here in London is a balmy 16C, made slightly cooler by the cool wind. I walked to the allotment listening to the end of Mark Cocker’s book about […]

A cold, bright January day

It was perfect winter day today; cold air, a bright blue sky and a low, low sun. I love days like these. We walked to the allotment with the sun weakly warming our backs, stopping in the park to let it shine on our faces for a minute. I love walking to the allotment on […]

Dirt to soil

June and July came and went, just like that June was a bit of a write-off, work-wise. I was doing crazy hours, chucking myself at the task in the hope of making a little bit of a difference and absorbing myself in something constructive to try and keep myself reasonably stable and ok. I managed […]