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 →
Bark chippings for chickens
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 →
Plans for next year
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 →
A new coop and a home for wildlife
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 →
Death to grass!
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 →
Starting anew
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 →
Reclaiming the bottom plot
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 →
New arrivals!
Geoff rang this morning to tell us that Emily who had been sitting on eggs for the past three weeks had hatched! She had been sitting on fifteen eggs and managed to stay on them until they hatched. It was a great success that she hatched eight! So pleased that Emily has managed to hatch... Continue Reading →
Planting!
With my husband working from home and being on standby for the baby, I managed to sneak out for an hour and a half to the allotment. I managed to dig in two rows of our main crop potatoes, three rows of onions, a row of turnips and a row of cabbage before succumbing to... Continue Reading →
Chicks, Strawberries and Weeds
Wandered down to the allotment today with the other half and a small, grumpy and very hot baby. In the short time we were down there we collected a dozen eggs and checked the Warrens (Masie, Doris, Evie and Annie) whilst Emily continues to sit on eggs over on Chris' plot. According to him, there... Continue Reading →
Man vs weeds
Glorious weather continuing, we pottered down to the allotment this morning for a quick weeding session. With my husband uprooting enormous tufts of grass and the ever evil doc plants - I contributed to the proceedings by taking the grass and throwing it into the chicken coop whilst carrying a sleeping baby. So we are... Continue Reading →
More visitors!
We had the pleasure of having Lucy and little Freddie over to talk about slings (the many and varied styles and types) and to visit the free zoo aka the allotment! We had a wander around the site and stopped off at the clubhouse for a cuppa before heading back home. The glorious weather meant... Continue Reading →
An evening visit to the allotment
Having managed to coerce my long suffering friend Fiona to move up north, she has got herself an interview tomorrow. So as a supportive friend, I helped her burn off extra nervous energy by getting her to start digging over the bottom plot.... And here she is battling a beast of a doc plant -... Continue Reading →
And then there were nine…
So we made a triumphant return to our allotment after surviving a trip down south via a 4 hour train journey to visit my parents complete with half the contents of our house and the kitchen sink. Having survived that, it was time to crack on with real work! Not only are the trees starting... Continue Reading →
Hi-ho, hi-ho, it’s off to work we go!
Overcast though the weather might be, we set off armed with a renewed determination and vigor to get the top plot dug. Fortunately, the baby decided to sleep in the pram for an hour so we managed to get a large section of the top plot dug. The overgrown section will be tackled next week... Continue Reading →
Here we go again…
Due to adverse weather last weekend, our plans for commencing this year's work were delayed until today. Armed with more equipment than ever before (nappy changing bag bulging with bottles, thermos etc) and a small heavily wrapped and grumpy baby, we made a start. My long suffering husband managed to dig over a third of... Continue Reading →
RIP Peggie
The enforced hiatus from allotmenting due to our daughter deciding that sleep was unnecessary either day or night has meant we haven't managed to get on site for weeks. Geoff, bless him, has been on chicken and quail duty for the last two months while I desperately try to work out how I am supposed... Continue Reading →
Annie is a strange chicken…
Went down in the pouring rain two days a ago to feed the girls to find six of them sensibly staying in the shed away from the elements until the last possible moment when they made a concerted dash for their food. Annie however, has decided to take a different approach. Stay out at all... Continue Reading →
Coop plans take a step forward
Arrived down the allotment this morning to find Andrea (the landscape gardener) on site so I grabbed her quickly about our plans for the new chicken shed and base. Fortunately she is able to do it but probably not until February as she is fully booked. We can easily make sure the chickens are sorted... Continue Reading →
Extracting chickens from the quagmire
Today I went down determined to rescue the chickens from the ever rising wall of mud in the coop. I arrived down, complete with a lettuce as a peace offering to find Geoff had put down pallets to keep them off the mud. He has even moved the food bins onto a separate pallet to... Continue Reading →
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