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 a few hours down at the allotment spreading farmyard manure I bought from Daisy Nook Garden Centre across the four beds we have. While I was there, I got chatting with Trevor who suggested a few of us could chip in to get a trailer of manure delivered by a local farmer for…