Saturday 28th June

Ive not been to the allotment since Wednesday ,Thursday it was raining and Friday i was without my car :( it's back now so went to check on things today
not happy with the sweetcorn 2 of them have been flattened possibly by the heavy rain the others are ok though
everything else is fine the rain seems to have made things grow alot especially the beetroot and parsnips
picked some more strawberries today they taste really sweet wont be long before my courgettes are ready took a quick pic of the monster plant

hoping to go down again this weekend as the rain has made lots of weeds appear 

Quick update

Just a quick update all is well on the allotment after the wind runner bean leaves got a bit battered but they are still alive :)

I went to the garden center yesterday and bought some sweetcorn plants lots of people there are growing them thought id give them a go would have preferred to grow from seed but its a bit late ,went there today and put them in the ground hopefully they will cause me no trouble

Saturday 21st May

Made it to the allotment again and spent over 3 hours there :)

planted some more runner bean plants that were desperate to be moved ,took down some sunflowers callum planted and put them in front of the shed and gave around the shed a good weed it needed it!!

Took lots of seeds down today dwarf french beans 3 different varieties of lettuce,spring onions and some radishes i dont really like growing things from seeds down there but thought  i'd give it a go see what happens i already have lettuce at home so nothing lost if it doesn't work

Sorted out the netting for the strawberries and saw a nice red one ready so i shared it with callum my first thing ready :)

still lots to take down more broccoli ,cabbage,cauliflower,leeks and swede when they are a bit bigger and runner beans and a pumpkin also thinking of trying sweetcorn I've seen lots of people growing them and i have a gap think I'm mad already have so much there anyway enough rambling its picture time ...

4 sunflowers grown by callum planted today

runner beans callum took this one

my monster courgette plant it has a baby courgette :)

potatoes you can see the one that got caught by Mr frost some are in flower

shallots late going in and some parsnips i grew at home as an experiment put them in the gap

onions and they smell of onions real bad

parsnips

beetroot

brussels and broccoli at the back more to go in yet

cabbages more to go in and cauliflower will go in there

my peas really need to sort these out !!

mint it smells lovely this was given to me by someone at the allotment

finally my carrots

Friday 20th May

Quite pleased with myself actually got lots done at the allotment the past 2 days, yesterday i planted some cabbages and covered them with netting ,then on to more weeding and watering.
Today i decided give the shed another coat of wood preserve stuff it looks much better now though i did panic about doing the back of it as it's near the hedge and i was worried about rats being there!!
Im planning on going down again tomorrow i'll have to take callum again so not sure how much I'll actually get done ,but hoping to plant dwarf french beans from seed and make a salad bed for lettuce spring onions and radishes . i picked up the french been seeds this week after telling myself no more veg but i couldn't resist :)  id really like to try sweetcorn too i see others have it but i'll leave that for next year
Also tomorrows plan is to sort out netting on the strawberries plant my runner bean plants ,one last thing is to take lots of pics everything has grown so much since last months big update so if i get chance ill take some :)

wednesday 18th June

Rushed around the supermarket today so i could get back early put it away and get the house work done before lunch, my plan was to plant Brussels and broccoli and a couple of runner bean plants that were desperate to be moved from the greenhouse
All went well i arrived with my plants made a start covering the cage with debris netting then it started raining grrrr.. others left the allotment i decided to stay and carry on got a bit muddy but got everything done :) heading back tomorrow to net the cabbage and cauliflower cage and get some planted

brussells and broccoli  in place :)

                                             brussell and broccoli cage

Quick update

Not had much spare time to spend at the allotment since the last post went down one day last week and spent a long time weeding!!
Popped down today just to make sure everything was ok and was shocked to see my strawberries turning red so had to net them quick before the birds eat them for me

finally just to report new potatoes are in flower :) hoping to spend along time there on thursday have lots of planting to do!!!

Sunday 8th May

Spent yesterday sewing holes in my netting its debris netting and has tiny holes that need to be stitched to stop any unwanted critters getting in you will see it soon when it goes on the frame
Today i went to the allotment and built a frame for the cabbages and cauliflowers ,still not sure how I'm going to net the brussels build a frame or not is the question they defiantly need netting with this stuff i have ...I'm sure ill work it out

After that we built a cold frame Pete wasn't impressed said it had gaps ... that's the whole point as I'm not there every day to lift the glass when it gets hot it will only be there for a couple of weeks it's for my courgette as it has grown way too big for the greenhouse

pleased to report my potatoes are doing just fine :)



6th may

Went to the allotment on Monday this week with callum as a frost was predicted so rushed there to cover up 5 rows of potatoes with fleece ,as we were doing it a lady from a nearby plot came over and asked about a frost as she had seen us fleecing told her a bad one was due on Tuesday she thanked me and said she would return on Tuesday to fleece hers ....

Didn't manage to get there until Wednesday and was very shocked by what i saw everyones potatoes had shriveled and turned black rushed to mine and uncovered them the frost has nipped the leaves in a few places but seem to have got away with major damage although other peoples will regrow it will be a small late crop for them keeping fingers crossed mine will be ok
Went today and the lady came over and said she had returned that night she spoke to us as she was worried about the low temperatures said thanks as hers had survived too with just being nipped at the leaves  just awful to see the damage everything else on my plot seems fine :)
Spent an hour there today weeding sat down as my back is sore today but better than yesterday was shocked to see big fruits forming on my strawberries best hurry now and get them netted

Sunday 1st may

Not much time spent at the allotment this week been down to do a bit of weeding and yesterday me and callum went to sprinkle a bit of lime where the brassicas are going as its a little acid pete made an appearance and finally sorted out the shed
Today i took callum again he spent ages tidying the shed whilst i planted the new blackberry bush lochness another thornless variety fingers crossed this one doesn't die on me!!

 


Next i planted the rest of my peas that i started off at home in loo rolls think there are around 40 plants now all growing nicely

After that we decided to leave it was too windy and i was sick of the sandy soil blowing in my eyes !! took a pic of the potatoes before we left which ill have to cover this coming week looks like a couple of chilly nights ahead i don't want to take the risk

finally parsnips and a strawberry plant