1 November 2015

  5 October 2015

Masses of tomatoes, the ripe ones have headed into the freezer and the green ones into a batch of green tomato chutney. Even more pleased to give away 9kg of the remaining green ones. There is a limit to how much chutney one can eat..

Just a few tomatoes.

The up view, Frank's plot

Up view of my bit

The down view right

The down view left, small progress with autumn digging

  5 September 2015

Rain at last but it is surprisingly dry underneath. The weeds have liked it very much though, Have started the process of digging over the plot but too many other distractions to make much progress. Beans still producing and the winter squashes are coming on well after the rain. Tomatoes beginning to ripen.

The up view, Frank's plot

The down view right

The down view left

  11 August 2015

All the garlic and onions are harvested and the runner beans are beginning to produce. Like the rest of the produce, they are desperate for rain. Most of the sweet corn has been devastated by deer [I think, as they have eaten the stalks as well as chewing on the cobs] Yields are low and the main crop potatoes very small,

The up view, Frank's plot

The down view right

The down view left

Up view of my bit

Deer chewed sweetcorn.

The onion crop drying and the runner beans.

  13 July 2015

I have never know the allotment to be so dry, not even the weeds are growing and no sign of slugs, the usual bane of my life. Still its rained all night tonight so maybe they will soon all be in evidence again. Actually got out the bowser but it needs a bit of oil before I can drag it very far and very full.

The up view, Frank's plot

The down view right

The down view left

Up view of my bit

Sweet corn well over the 'knee high by 4th of July' mark.

Garlic ready for harvesting.

  1 June 2015

Everything very lush compared with the start of last month but lots of wind damage despite the windbreaks.

I have some nice tomato plants at home which I have potted on into big pots, just need some warm calm weather before taking them up.

The up view, Frank's plot

The down view right

The down view left

Up view of my bit

Runner beans moved on a bit

Peas coming on well and the construction bag material keeping down the weeds

  11 May 2015

The May blossom is out on the allotment and the weather forcast is for warm weather so everything is on the go, including the weeds of course.

Planted up runner beans, more broad beans, sweet corn and a few beetroot. Still lots coming along in the cold frames at home.

The up view, Frank's plot

The down view right

The down view left

Up view of my bit

Runner beans poles, plants and windbreak in place

Sweet corn under cloches

  4 April 2015

Very pleased to see that the garlic I put in last month is now doing well and seems to have caught up with Frank's autumn planting. [It's not as neat though] Considering that the box of garlic has bounced around unplanted in the back of my car since October this is especially pleasing.

I have managed to rotovate most of my end now and even have deep dug over the potato patch. This made the platding of the potato sets particularly easy last week and again today.

The gales in the last week have caused some mayhem around the whole site, my shed door was lying on the ground in front of the shed. When I picked it up the bottom was covered with slugs, this does not bode well as the slug season has hardly started yet.

The up view, Frank's plot

The down view right

The down view left

Onion sets put in to-day

  9 March 2015