The time has come to harvest the second early Maris Peer potatoes I chitted way back in March and planted out in April. I bought the seed potatoes from Wilko and chitted them on the kitchen windowsill for several weeks before planting them in 42L grow bags (also from Wilko). What is chitting? Chitting is…
Some photos from the very early days of the plot, taken in April 2023. We’ve just moved in and the place looks incredibly bare. There are a few plants growing at home and we’ll bring them over here once they’re large enough to plant out and the last frost has gone, which will hopefully be…
Now that we have a full-sized allotment, what next? We’ve suddenly gone from having a quarter of an allotment to having a whole one that covers 135 square metres. The size of it isn’t daunting, but we have the sudden realisation that we want/need to fill it with vegetables, flowers and other crops. So the…
We’ve officially taken over the plot we shared with Christine. During the previous year, we used a quarter of her allotment, but she’s decided to give it up. So moving forward this year and beyond, we have a full-size allotment that covers 135 square metres. The shape is long and rectangular with a paved path…
This time last year, we were offered a quarter of an allotment plot in our local area. We gladly accepted the offer because we’d already been on the waiting list for a couple of years on three sites and heard nothing from them. Getting onto a site is the first step. Once there, you’re more…
I spent most of today repotting healthy seedlings and throwing away the leggy and weak ones. I’m writing this a few days after doing that so I can’t remember which plants I repotted – I think it was peppers. The broccoli seeds I sowed a few days ago have germinated. In my office room, I…
It’s been a quiet day in the gardening department. I bought a 50L bag of potato compost and sowed some broccoli seeds in a half-seed tray.
Bought a few more seed packets from Wilko today. Also did some potting-on of seedlings I originally sowed on 2nd February in a small seed tray which I placed on the living room windowsill. I’ve now transferred them into small pots (one plant per pot) and put them into a heated propagator on the kitchen…
Peas Next to tomatoes, peas are the thing we want to grow a lot of this year. The variety I sowed today is Hurst Green Shaft (main crop). They should be sown outdoors where they are to crop, but once again, I’m starting them off in modules. I sowed four seeds per cell in a…
Cauliflower I didn’t have any plans to grow cauliflower. But recently I’ve eaten a lot of it in curries and stir fries so I thought I’d get some seeds in the ground and grow my own. The variety I have is All the Year Round. On the front of the seed packet, it’s described as…