This week: Covid, equinox, seeds and seedlings

Just as spring equinox arrives (a highlight of the year for me, signalling the real end of winter darkness and inertia), I’ve finally come down with Covid-19. So whilst it’s been beautiful sunny spring weather here in London this weekend I’ve been holed up at home feeling sorry for myself (well, not very sorry actually […]

A sunny, peaceful afternoon on the allotment

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

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

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

Leafmould joy, a new growhouse and a new diagnosis

Leafmould joy We get fresh manure, woodchips and very occasionally leaf mould delivered to our allotment site. You have to be luck to be there when there’s still some left – especially during Covid where deliveries have been much less frequent than before. Today was a lucky day – there was a huge pile of […]

January cold blue sky

It was one of those lovely winter afternoons – a weak warm sun low in the blue sky, casting a beautiful golden light over everything. I took a walk to the allotment, listening to lovely acoustic guitar music on my headphones and occasionally stopping to drink in the big blue sky and feel the warmth […]

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 […]