Tag: l’orto

I did dig my new bed yesterday: as the days draw in, and the beds start to become empty, I feel like tidying up and adapting the plot based on the learning of the past seasons. Next to the shed, taking advantage of the cleanup of hollies the council did, I have carved myself some…

I digged out my maincrop potatoes yesterday: 8,5kg (17 pounds). Not as many as in my first year but definitely cannot complain given that I only planted 1 kg of seed and the odd germinated potato from home. I found that, once the potatoes were out, I wanted to redesign the beds’ layout: multiple parallel beds I now find more…

Finally one if the figs managed to swell, the first one this year and the first of a decent size ever! A bit dry (the draught?) but very tasty… The courgettes are blossoming and so, it seems, are the tomatoes. All the salad seedlings have however succumbed to slugs, and I am at risk of…

I have not written for a while, because I am not going to the allotment that often, because I have so many things to do at home and tiredness has started to catch up with me. The last time I went, though, there were a few bean pods that I should probably be able to…

Finally the time has come when my chillies have put out the first bloom (which I read I should pluck out but have not dared yet). They are everywhere in the greenhouse, under cover outside, on the windowsill at home: will I manage to be self-sufficient? In the meantime, salad and courgettes are filling my…