Adventures in the life of an English allotment
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
Glorious autumnal weather has at last arrived with the start of November! The sun was out fully although the nip in the air reminds us that winter is approaching fast. Making full use of the wonderful weather, we walked down to the allotment determined to fully hoe the top plot as well as attending our... Continue Reading →
Today when I went down the allotment I was greeted with sad news. I was a little later than usual (the joys of endless medical appointments) to find Phil on his way back home. He told me that he arrived on site this morning to find Lottie's body in the coop. Fortunately he had already... Continue Reading →
Both of us went down to the allotment this morning determined to sort out the mite issue for once and for all. We fed the chickens and whilst they were distracted with food, we blocked their entrance to the shed as the chemicals in the anti-mite spray are not ideal for chickens to breathe in.... Continue Reading →
Up at the crack of dawn this morning to say goodbye to my allotment buddy Fiona. It seems that a week can go past very fast! Upon leaving the house, I stopped outside the door and looked for my allotment shoes - a mud-caked pair of semi-walking boots complete with holes in the soles. They... Continue Reading →
Yesterday was a momentous day - we took the final load of glass from Nantwich to the allotment (teeth gritted every time we went over a slight bump in the road). We dumped off the glass before heading home for lunch and planning our afternoon campaign on the unending weeds. After lunch we decided to... Continue Reading →
I am writing this in the middle of a momentous week at the allotment. On Saturday morning, at the crack of dawn, I went down to start the major digging works that my other half hadn't managed to finish. I planned to dig over at least the top plot and sort out the birds. I... Continue Reading →
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