Still here, still digging.

Well it’s been over 2 years since my last allotment blog post. However, the allotment is still going.

2014 is going well, the weather has been good and everything is growing well. I did get off to a bit of a late start with the sowing and planting. I was holding back because of the threatened late frost, which never appeared.

The soft fruit is doing well, we’ve had around 4 kilos of raspberries and probably the same of strawberries, which have been very tasty and my wife has also made lots of jam.

I picked about a kilo of gooseberries but unfortunately they burned during the jam making.

Early March

Whilst rain stopped play last weekend, the weather on Sunday was glorious. I took the kids down, and we were there for most of the day.

I finished weeding one of the raspberry beds of couch grass and started on another.

I prepared my onion bed and added some blood, fish and bone to the ground.

I dug over the path between the top two beds as I need the growing room more than I need the path.

By the end of the day, my arms ached and my head was burned red. My hat appears to have disappeared from the shed.

First buds are out

Late February

After the snow in early February, the ground was too wet to work last week. So I spent a bit of time on sorting out the compost heaps.

This week I tidied out the strawberry patch and started on the raspberry patches. There is lots of couch grass and it's pretty tough getting it out without damaging the raspberry cane roots.

Seeds

Left over seeds

1. Basil
2. Rocket
3. Radish – French Breakfast
4. Cucumber – La Diva
5. Lettuce – Little Gem
6. Beetroot – Cardeal
7. Pumpkin – Racer
8. Spring Onion – White Lisbon
9. Courgette – All Green Bush
10. Coriander
11. Runner Beans – Scarlet Emperor
12. Sugar Snap Peas – Delicta
13. Baby Leaf Salad
14. Brussels Sprout – Clodius
15. Ghrerkin – Bimbostar
16. Leek – Musselburgh
17. Broccoli - Samson
18. Cauliflower

Gifted Seeds

1. Brussels Sprouts – Wellington F1
2. Broccoli – Green Sprouting
3. Broccoli – White Sprouting Early
4. Broccoli – Romanesco
5. Cauliflower – All year round
6. Brussels Sprout – F1 Revenge
7. Cabbage – Christmas Drumhead
8. Cabbage – Candissa F1
9. Cabbage – F1 Celtic
10. Carrot – Early Nantes
11. Carrot – Autumn King 2
12. Carrot – Amsterdam Forcing
13. Tomato – Marmande

Not a lot to do

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.