Tag: l’orto

Some crop thoughts. This week it has been raining and next week it’s BST: the perfect situation, it would seem. I am so keen to go and see whether the spinach is out, and more broadbeans. Last year’s potatoes, the ones I did not eat – I must say out of laziness because cleaning them…

Crop updates, wildlife and manure.All week I have been thinking that – although I do not mind the ducks and did not see any damage done last year – they might annoy someone else on the site. Punctual as death the question came today: did you see the ducks on your plot? They occasionally nibble…

Crop updates, wildlife, the weather and wise advice. All enthusiastic after a whole afternoon at the allotment on a sunny day I come home and call my auntie. “You shouldn’t have planted anything today, the moon is waning”, says she, reading from the well-known Italian calendar of Frate Indovino (the “Guessing Monk”). Anyway, I will…

Crop updates The other weekend I went very quickly to the allotment and the broadbeans were out!

Reading and writing about gardening, despite weather in the way; wildlife station I was already enjoying the thought of another whole weekend outside in decent weather but the forecast goes: Saturday: Grey Cloud Sunday: Light Rain so I have to prepare myself for more miserable weather and less allotment than expected. Maybe there’s still time…

Space management, to do list for next weekend This week I am starting to feel restless for staying away from the allotment so many days in a row: but it is still 35 days before long days and British Summer Time! Is this hobby getting a bit out of hand?!? This winter has seemed more…

Crop updates, new bed, “nature reserve” The salad mix is growing really fast, no sign of any other seedling, but I planted quite a few new things shallot Vigarmor salad Lollo Rosso celery Victoria sweet peas (5 varieties, leftovers from last year) tomato San Marzano chamomile (lawn) and pea Twinkle (last year it did nothing,…