Like so many, my route to starting an allotment was driven by the Pandemic. Restrictions due to the health crisis have, pretty much, all been lifted. However, the changes to our status in Europe have meant that we do have some limits on where and when we can go to the mainland. As a 3rdContinue reading “Can you even call yourself an allotmenteer?”
Category Archives: Planting
Autumn 2022: Final Harvests
I’m back and miraculously my little plot is still alive! It seems that the drought broke not long after we left and there has been a fair bit of rainfall. I was fully expecting most of my crops to have perished through neglect but it seems Nature had other ideas. I couldn’t quite believe howContinue reading “Autumn 2022: Final Harvests”
August 2022: Parting is such sweet sorrow
4th of August I just visited the plot for the last time before we were about to go to Italy for 5 weeks, leaving the allotment in the hands of my plot partner. I still managed to plant a last few things before I went as there were some things in the little grow houseContinue reading “August 2022: Parting is such sweet sorrow”
Spring 2022: it starts to look like something
The sun starts to shine and I start to feel energised again. I was at the plot more and started to get things sorted. My partners had got everything dug and the potato trenches were in place, while my corner of the plot still looked neglected. I had not dug or covered the plot soContinue reading “Spring 2022: it starts to look like something”
June/July 2021: My first allotment harvests
In the middle of June, I had my first triumphs. Between the garden at home and the plot, we were actually getting some produce. My allotment partners got the first yield as their potatoes started to give up some bounty. I can’t claim any credit for them as I did none of the Herculean diggingContinue reading “June/July 2021: My first allotment harvests”
May/June 2021: reality dawns
When we came back from our trip, my seedlings finally arrived. They had been languishing in a delivery depot somewhere for weeks. They were packed in a plastic coffin and it was obvious they had spent too long in it because they were rootbound and trying to burst out of the packaging. Some of theContinue reading “May/June 2021: reality dawns”
It’s an allotment-let
As of March, I’m an allotmenteer. My very good friends acquired a plot last year at the beginning of lockdown and they have offered me a share of it. I said yes instantly. It was a bit late in the year to get started last year so I didn’t get off the ground straight awayContinue reading “It’s an allotment-let”
It gets worse before it gets better
Spring Twenty twenty one was slow to get going but eventually, we saw some good weather. I did a bit of pottering about and tidying, still not sure what I was doing and without a plan of action. The twigs seemed to be in good nick, they were upright and I’m sure getting ever soContinue reading “It gets worse before it gets better”
To the roots of it 