Adventures in the life of an English allotment
Today was the first check of the new Bee hives on site. I have decided to do separate posts for the bees as this is different from my usual posts about chickens and the unending war on weeds. The bees have been on site for a week and appeared be flying in and out of... Continue Reading →
Pottered down to the allotment today to sort out some weeds and to water the greenhouse plants. I also needed to check on Doris as she wasn't looking good yesterday. There she was in the nest box, but she had passed away overnight. Poor Doris. She was the last of our original Warrens and has... Continue Reading →
Ran down to the allotment this morning to move Polly into her new temporary home and to check on poor Doris. On arriving, Polly and Doris were sharing the small nest box with Polly blocking the entrance to stop the over crowding that happened yesterday. With Geoff's help, we moved Polly into her new home... Continue Reading →
Rushed down to the allotment after getting back from a short visit to see my husband who is working away. I found Doris still not looking brilliant but she is looking fractionally more perky.  Upon opening one of the nest boxes, I found Polly still in residence plus a couple of others all trying... Continue Reading →
Today I spent most of the day toiling under a strange meteorological phenomenon - sunshine. It was baking hot and after 4 hours, I beat a hasty retreat back home to sit in front of the fan. Chickens and quail fed and watered first and I spent some time watching Doris. She is able to... Continue Reading →
Spent a few hours down the allotment yesterday trying to clear some of the weeds. It wasn't particularly successful due to the hardness of the soil, making full root extraction nearly impossible. Hopefully it will rain soon otherwise we are going to struggle! Doris wasn't looking too good so I asked Cliff the Vet to... Continue Reading →
A rather momentous event happened yesterday morning on site - after months of waiting, the bees have arrived! Phil and Steve have been attending a bee keeping course and have mentors to help them if they are unsure - Bee keeping seems to be rather complex! Steve has built two hives and they look really... Continue Reading →
All of yesterday was spent down the allotment, trying to undo two weeks of neglect. Chickens fed although Polly decided she would refuse to move from the nest box where she has taken up residence. If she is still there this morning, we may have a broody Polly on our hands! In which case, we... Continue Reading →
Pottered back down the allotment this morning expecting to be greeted with a graveyard of dead plants in the greenhouse and a wilderness on the plot. Well, I was half right.... Due to the appalling heat, I beat a hasty retreat and returned in the afternoon once the blazing fire on the sky disappeared. I... Continue Reading →
So just before we disappear off to Greece on holiday for a couple of weeks, I thought we had better do some potting on to save the plants that have managed to survive my almost continual lack of care! On the way back from work, we swung by Morrisons to pick up some compost and,... Continue Reading →
The last few days have seen lots of growing in the allotment - our new plants seem to be growing well so far (still plenty of time for them to die...) Sadly, we have lost Annie. She has been very unwell the last few days and passed away in the nest box a couple of... Continue Reading →
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 →
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