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• How We Spent Our Christmas Day Allotment

  

  Simple, but enough of what our lass says about me, we had a good time looking at the wild birds and drinking champagne, we also glimpsed a woodpecker and much t... Read more

  Posted on 25 December 2020

• Christmas Continues Down the Allotment, with Added Snow.

  

  We went to the allotment yesterday, to add the final touches to our improvised Christmas tree, whilst at the allotment we found another leak in the shed, which... Read more

  Posted on 25 December 2020

• Christmas Down the Allotment.

  

  Our lass is full of great ideas, and said we could make a Christmas tree from some off cuts of wood, so we did. We also saw the first signs of re emergence... Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2020

• Day 35 - Fire, Mulch and Sunny Views.

  

  As with a lot of the times we go to the allotment, we go with one job in mind and end up doing another.I took this first photograph thinking all this would be... Read more

  Posted on 17 December 2020

• Just a Flying Visit Today in the Rain.

  

  Today was a flying visit to the allotment, the rain continues to come down, so we had hoped just to check things out, deposit some more towards the compost heap... Read more

  Posted on 16 December 2020

• View from the Garden Shed.

  

  Just about all the jobs are jobbed, Well I say that, but we do need to sort the green house roof, but we will do that when there is some good weather.... Read more

  Posted on 16 December 2020

• Day 34 - Last of the Raspberries Arrive and Just One More Thing Before We Go.

  

  Today was slightly different, normally we get to the allotment and what we planned to do is superseded by another job because we see manure, leaf mould or wood... Read more

  Posted on 10 December 2020

• Watching the Onions Growing, is Like Watching the Grand National Horserace

  

  They say a picture says a thousand words, for this we have some photographs with a few words underneathA bargain buy is what started it all, but as we put them... Read more

  Posted on 08 December 2020

• Daft Little Experiment with Tomato Seeds

  

  I had some tomato seeds I was trying to save from this years tomatoes but when i was doing what i had seen on Gardeners World after a few days they started to... Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2020

• November 2020 Statistics

  I do enjoy looking at numbers, so it was no surprise that I would gather some statistics in regards of the allotment and for this blog. Here are some numbers fo... Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2020

• Day 33 - Then There Will Be Light, Muck, Onions, Leaf Mould and an Improvised...

  

  I am sure I have wrote this before, but the very jobs you plan to go and do are not always the ones you end up doing or if you do get them done, other jobs... Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2020

• Day 32 - How Many Sides Does a Box Have? and Sorting out the Compost Bins.

  

  Our lass continues to put forward the very relevant idea, that we are spending quite a bit of time at the allotment whilst we still have a fair few jobs to do i... Read more

  Posted on 29 November 2020

• Wildlife Camera Catches Better Photographs of the Local Weasel

  

  Previously all we had was a very quick glimpse from the rear of our local weasel, but in our last set of photographs we took from the camera, we have some much... Read more

  Posted on 26 November 2020

• Day 31 - Fixing Things, Tidying Things & Experimenting with Things

  

  Ever since we have taken on the new allotment I have been wanting to sort the gate, due to it having a plank of wood which had been attached across the bottom... Read more

  Posted on 24 November 2020

• New Photographs from the Wildlife Camera

  

  Who would think such a small area would generate the interest it does from the wildlife around us.But the camera has been busy, even in the winter time, mostly... Read more

  Posted on 23 November 2020

• Day 30 - Raspberry Canes and Build Your Own Shelving.

  

  Our lass has been waiting for the raspberry canes for some time now, and this is only part of what was sent for. Grit has been added for the drainage, usual... Read more

  Posted on 22 November 2020

• Day 29 - Being Prepared, Preparing to Be Prepared and Dig

  

  The sun was out, which this time of year means it was chilly, but you can cope with chilly for a few rays of sunshine and the clear blue skies. Read more

  Posted on 19 November 2020

• Day 28 - All the Little Things

  

  You can go to the allotment, and you don't have to move mountains, sometimes just the little things make the biggest changes.This is the first photo with no... Read more

  Posted on 19 November 2020

• Wildlife Camera in a New Position

  

  Trying different positions for the wildlife camera to see where best to place it. I had cleared a bit of grass from in front of this particular position, but... Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2020

• Day 27 - Planting Bulbs and a Little Tidying

  

  Exactly what it says in the header, bulbs in ready for next year, and we both had the idea at the same time, where as the old kitchen surface does a great job o... Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2020