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 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

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 […]

3 more beds, and spring is in sight

Spent 4 hours on the allotment today, lugging more wood up to the plot, building 3 more raised beds, digging a bed over and sowing some seeds. We’ve done 8 out of 12 beds now – if we get one more done tomorrow morning, we’ll be able to finish all of them next weekend. I […]