Adventures in the life of an English allotment
Today was an epic long day at the allotment. I arrived with one plan but ended up doing something else. Initially, I went to have a look at the stumpery. It's looking much better although I decided there was no point in re-organising the logs until we had enough to fill the stumpery. Pondering what... Continue Reading →
Late this morning, I dragged myself out to the allotment. It's been a manic week at work and I am absolutely wiped. I arrived and spent a happy hour nattering to Cliff, Phil and Geoff. It turns out that while I have been at work, the bees have spent a week away before Phil brought... Continue Reading →
Lack of sleep and an early delivery meant I was down on site much earlier than usual. Last night I spotted and bought a builder's bag of cedar bark chippings. The seller was able to drop off the bag at the allotment early so I could spend a whole day sorting out the fruit section.... Continue Reading →
This afternoon, my long suffering husband and I drove across to a local village to pick up half a builder's bag of mulch. It was great stuff and smelt amazing! We bundled it into the car and drove straight to the allotment. Upon arrival, we borrowed a wheelbarrow and got the bag down to the... Continue Reading →
Today I overslept and went down late to sort out the chickens. The weather has returned to being unbearably hot again so I decided to just do the chickens then retreat into the shade. I was greeted with grumpy clucking as I checked the coop. Both Nelly and Daisy were hiding under the coop again.... Continue Reading →
This morning I pottered down the allotment a bit earlier than normal with the aim of clearing the weeds once and for all. The sun was out and the weather warm before 10 am. By the time I had been there an hour it was boiling and I retreated to the bottom of the plot... Continue Reading →
This week has marked the first week of freedom from work - and was obviously spent down the allotment (when the rain eventually let off). I have managed to completely weed 2/3 of the top plot, clearing away masses of weeds the like of which you have never seen before! Fortunately, the plants hidden underneath... Continue Reading →
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