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

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 […]

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 […]