Planning – Planting

So, like many people I've fallen into the trap of getting an allotment and immediately going mad with seed buying.  I'm going to blame years of trying to grow crops in pots on various balconies (with wildly varying levels of success) for this.  I've looked at so many things for so long and wished I …

Update from the plot

A catch up on the happenings, some ups some downs: First proto-courgettes - very exciting!  Raspberries are really getting into their stride But the spinach has bolted! So harvested the spinach, some curly kale and a lot of raspberries! 

Fruit, fruit, fruit

Lots of delicious fruit! More gooseberries, raspberries and the first blackcurrants. Also A LOT or rhubarb gifted from a next door plot.

Rabbits

Another not great start today - Arrived at the allotment to see a small rabbit next to my newly planted borlotti beans.  It scarpered practically before I'd even seen it but it's left its mark. I ran to the beans and it's completely stripped the new ones to the stems.  After a quick look around …

Gale force winds

So it's been pretty blustery in West Yorkshire this past week and I've had a hard lesson in the need for studying the weather forecast and planning accordingly. I planted out 3 summer squashes that I've been growing from seed but the wind whips across our plot and all 3 have been killed or badly …