This week: covid, seeds and planting out

I’ve been out of action with covid for most of this week – I was fortunate not to get seriously ill with it, but blimey it’s pretty shocking how much it knocks the wind out of your sails. Yesterday I felt much better and had tested negative for 2 days running, so decided to spend […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]