Mid January

Popped over for a couple of hours this afternoon. Borrowed Oliver's rotavator and dig over the top bed.

Need to make a definitive plan of action for the coming weeks.

Early January

Todo list

1. Fix post for raspberries


2. Weed strawberry and raspberry patches


3. Fix gutter on shed


4. Dig over top bed


5. Sieve compost

Rhubarb Rhubarb

Popped over today, cleared up a bit of minor wind damage.

Also planted my new gooseberry bushes and rhubarb plants.

Early December

Just general tidying up today, and dug over a bed and covered it with black sheets.

The garlic I planted has started to put shoots up. Not sure if this is too early, or whether I should cover them with fleece.

November

Been a little lax with my posts, so a bit of a catchup.

• Cleared a bed ready for more gooseberry bushes.


• Transplanted strawberry runners to a new bed.


• Cut Down raspberry canes.


• Took down bean supports.


• Dug over two more beds.


• Gave the grass the last cut of the year.


• Planted out the garlic.


• Built a new compost heap with pallets.

Weekend update

I managed to get to the allotment yesterday for around an hour. Just enough time to shake some compost from the heap, and pot out some strawberry runners. I also sowed some rocket and radishes into the old onion bed.

Today I managed a couple of hours, and took my mum for a visit. I dug up around 30lb of potatoes  (didn’t get the chance to weigh them before they were raided for the dinner), around 2lb of raspberries, a few stalks of rhubarb, salad leaves, a small fennel bulb, some runner beans and French beans.

I did a bit of weeding, and cut down some of the old summer raspberry canes.

Update

Didn’t get down at all at the weekend due to horrendous rain. But made it down for the whole of the bank holiday Monday. Collected another couple of pounds of raspberries, some salad leaves, courgettes, dug some potatoes. One of our neighbours also let me have a few apples.

I also weeded, dug over and raked a lot of the now empty beds, and mowed some lawn.

Hoping to get down tomorrow, for an hour in the morning, to pot out the strawberry runners, and sow some more rocket and radishes.