Early cold snap

Went down for Brussells Sprouts for Sunday dinner and was greeted by this Winter Wonderland.

End of season tidy up

 As I have been too busy to regularly attend on weekends throughout Autumn, I have today started  belatedly to tidy up the plot. All that is left to eat is one solitary cabbage, lots of  Brussels sprouts, and a bed of Swede. Unfortunately, blight and early frost took care of the late planting of Christmas potatoes.

Summer Drawing to a close

We have used all the cauli's and most cabbage, with the Broad beans and two rows of peas being composted. The Xmas potatoes have been earthed up but a general tiredness is starting to appear even though the Runners and French dwarf's are in full vigour.

Our first cauliflowers

A real feeling of success with our first cauliflowers which are of retail standard!

Bad weather moves in!

Views from the shed while heavy showers persisted yesterday.

Potatoes harvested

All potatoes are harvested and what a fantastic assortment we had with fantastic taste. We are now preparing the beds for a second crop and some green beans.

New neighbours.....

We have new neighbours and it's made a big difference with two thirds of the double plot already worked to a high standard.

Yesterday was another tidying up day with all the Brassica beds weeded and re-caged.

New potatoes!

Today we have had our first taste of new potatoes. As can be seen from the photos beans peas and brassicas are also doing well.

Brassica's planted out.

Today has seen the transplanting, of cabbage, cauliflower and sprouts and the construction of cages to keep those cabbage butterflies off!.....and more netting on the peas!

 

The plot is taking shape.

The growing season is well under way with Broad Beans, Peas,1st & 2nd early and main crop potatoes showing well. The onion bed looks good and the Brassica nursery bed is ready for planting out into beds 1, 2 & 3. We have also sown the first wigwam of Runner beans and the first row of French beans with spring onions, elephant garlic whilst, Sweetcorn, carrots, parsnips and turnips are all doing well in tubs. In front of the shed we now have ripening strawberries and outdoor tomatoes.

Another bed completed

Bed 10 is now open and ready for sowing of French beans.

Up goes the fence

A week's holiday last week has seen us erect a fence.

The fence erected.

What a lovely view!!!

New beds

One new bed completed and another one started.

Pressing on!!

We are trying this year wth carrots, parsnips and turnips in tubs in an effort to free up space.






We've started another new bed for Sweetcorn.

May Day 2010!!

The Nursery bed is producing seedlings as the first two weeks it was under fleece to get the bed off to a good start.




We have planted some strawberry plants in a growbag by the shed as the fruit beds are not ready yet.





We have spent today tidying and cutting the grass.

Nursery bed.

Today saw the completion of the nursery bed. We have sowed Brussel Sprouts, Cabbage, Cauliflower and Kale and we have erected a mesh cage to protect the seedlings from birds and cats and maybe humans!!!! :-).

Spring sunshine!!

A busy day in the Spring sunshine mowing and tidying the plot for the growing season. I have put Strawberry plants in a Growbag by the shed as the fruit beds are not ready yet.

Poultry manure has gone into bed 3 as the carrots were late coming out and the Autumn sowing of Broad beans failed due to the harsh winter. I am going to use this bed as a nursery bed this year to bring on brassicas.

Easter Weekend

We've had Easter weekend and further progress has been made with the new bed, we have also spruced up a number of beds by turning them and we have also planted our potatoes, 1st and 2nd earlies as well as Main crop. Onions sets have gone in as well.

March - slow progress but progress nevertheless

I have had little interaction with my Blog through March, but some progress has been made through the month.

Bed 7 has been completed.

I have now opened up Bed 8 and stacked the turves in readiness for the double digging.

Rhubarb!! - The first signs of growth and a new season for the Allotment.

Making a start

The weather was fine today so I ventured down to the Allotment and made a start on a new bed.

A Winter Wonderland!

It was just like a Christmas card.

All the plots look the same today!!!!!!