Adventures in the life of an English allotment
Last week my other half went down to the allotment to feed our lovely flock of chickens to find that Masie (one of our original trio of chickens) has died in her sleep. She had a long and happy life in our care but it is sad to see her go. My husband has been... Continue Reading →
Pootled down the allotment a few days ago and forgot to post our progress! So here it is in photos!
Popped down to the allotment in the freezing cold to see how flooded our plot was. Fairly soggy with small puddles. Too wet to dig so I collected eggs from the coop and said hello to the chickens. The Community Garden continues at a rapid pace with Steve and Andrea busy sorting out the... Continue Reading →
Today we pottered down to feed the chickens to find our old bottom plot a hive of activity! In the last week they have hired a digger, cleared the soil and levelled it as well as digging a deep trench at one end to make a bank. The trench is being filled with cages of... Continue Reading →
After work this afternoon, I took advantage of the glorious sunshine, and pottered down to the allotment. I finished clearing the strawberry bed of weeds (I swear there are more weeds than soil in the raise bed!). As I was finishing, a lovely newbie to the site offered me a bucketful of new strawberry plants!... Continue Reading →
Today we went down the allotment to do more much needed digging and cleaning out of the coop. Sadly the ground is still sodden so my other half heroically carried on digging over the plot whilst I sorted out the chickens. They were due for their monthly full clean out and I busied myself with... Continue Reading →
Today we saw the damage from Storm Doris on site - upturned water butts and even a greenhouse! We fed the chickens and admittedly it was late but it did not excuse what Evie did next. Judging from the inside of the food bin, it had been blown open as all the food was slightly... Continue Reading →
Yesterday and today, I pottered along to the allotment to feed the chickens and start to dig over the plot ready for the growing season. The chickens seem to be doing well, although Geoff is a little concerned that they aren't eating as much as they should. This doesn't seem to have had any effect... Continue Reading →
Pottered down to the allotment over the weekend to find a rather miraculous event had occurred in our coop. Brace yourself, it doesn't get any more amazing than this... The Vorverks and Cream Legbars were fully mixed in with the Warrens and even Emily although she didn't seem happy (she never is, I have never... Continue Reading →
Today we finally went down to the allotment and started to sort out the chaos. We went down to start digging over the soil in preparation for planting in a few weeks time. In the last few weeks, Fiona has also managed to get a half plot at the back of the site, sharing her... Continue Reading →
Yesterday we went down to the allotment to sort out the first delivery of back chippings for the chicken coop. We are trying to make a thick layer of chippings for the floor of the coop to keep the chickens off the mud. Although hopefully in the new coop it will be less muddy. We... Continue Reading →
So once again I haven't made it down to the allotment thus I have decided to start planning for next year so I can finally stay on top of things. Question is - where to start? I usually start by drawing up a list of things I want to grow then get all muddled with... Continue Reading →
Today I took my daughter and my parents for a short walk to the allotment. Be under no delusions that this trip had anything to do with work or weeding but more to do with fresh air and stretching the legs. Cliff's beautiful passion plant growing all over his shed When we arrived we met... Continue Reading →
This evening, I again snuck out of the house and of baby bedtime to do some serious allotment work. As ever, my trusty side-kick Fiona joined me after work. We decided to go all out to tackle the massive grass patch which after spending three hours on, is now called "B*****d grass!". Fiona worked like... Continue Reading →
Yesterday afternoon, having successfully fobbed off small hungry baby on my long suffering husband, I made a successful dash to the allotment. Upon arriving I saw this. I did rather a double take and then burst out laughing. I suspect Steve is behind this although I wouldn't put it past Phil... In the couple of... Continue Reading →
After days of rain and aborted attempts at getting down to the allotment, we finally managed it today! I called Chris the Warden a couple of days ago to officially tell him that we were going to give up the bottom plot. I also bumped into the Allotment Chair Donna in the park after work... Continue Reading →
So after nearly two years of battling with the bottom plot, with fleeting success before all the weeds took it over again, we are on the verge of admitting defeat. With this in mind, and before I call and let Chris the Warden know we are giving it up, we need to find a new... Continue Reading →
This morning, armed with good intentions, we all walked down to the allotment determined to make serious inroads into the mess in the centre of the top plot. Leaving a sleeping baby in the pram by the shed, my husband tackled the grass whilst I went up and down the top plot attempting to rid... Continue Reading →
Yesterday while the long-suffering husband looked after the baby for an hour, I dashed off to the allotment to try and make progress on the grass patch in the middle of the top plot. I made some inroads but the going was slow and the root systems of the grass difficult to get out. Borrowed... Continue Reading →
Today, in the glorious sunshine, we all went down to the allotment to tackle the bottom plot which is rapidly being overgrown by a never ending wall of weeds. Taking turns with the hot, grumpy baby, we managed to clear most of the weeds around the currant bushes and the husband tackled the mass of... Continue Reading →
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