Month: January 2009

Redesigning the pond area and other planting Back from the holidays, I arrived on a beautifully warm and sunny day, so I spent the afternoon at the allotment, clearing the area around the pond. I weeded it all around (three wheelbarrow loads of weeds!), used the biggest of the innumerable flint stones on the plot…

Planting daffodils and remodelling the pond Fantastic day, the best of the last few months: impossible to resist the call of the allotment; besides, a visit was necessary as it is the last day before some holidays (perfect time of the year if you need to leave your allotment as very little is growing and…

After the enjoyable day, a disappointing discovery I thought I had too many potatoes for planting, but I am left with none. The ones that were chitting in the shed have all rotted – I think they suffered from frost. Initially, I had thought that they might have got a little bit wet when I…

Preparing for spring: let’s look at the bright side… I went to the allotment to plant my daffodils and the first thing I noticed was my fleece tent smashed down with a dead rat lying on it. Not a good start. Then I got into the greenhouse and it had been trespassed on again: panel…

Crop updates, preparing for spring I have been one last time to the allotment, in between frosts and before going back to work. Timing was really good as the weather seems to be getting colder and colder, although the days are finally growing in lenght again (we are now in that phase in which sunrise…