Three Plants in One. 31st March 2017
I learnt a couple of years ago to leave the kale plants in the ground until spring even though we have eaten all the kale leaves. What happens is that they start to sprout again at
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Getting Started. 17th March 2017
The allotment is reasonably tidy and ready for planting as we cleared the beds and gave them a dressing of manure late last year. I will add a dressing of seaweed plus blood fish a
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Successes and Failures
18th Nov 2016. It’s at this time of year that we tend to look back over the growing season to assess what worked well this year and what we might grow next year. All in all it h
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Tidying Up the Plot
18th Nov 2016. There has been lots of tidying up to do on the allotment clearing the ground where crops have been to remove not just the spent crops but also the weeds that have gr
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The Roots are Ready
Oct 21st 2016. We have started using the parsnips although they are a crop that is meant to be better after the first frosts. We have grown lots and as we may not have much frost
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Coming to an End
14th Oct 2016: Although we are coming to an end with some crops there are still lots of vegetables to pick on the allotment. The runner beans have finished and the foliage has bee
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Eating Vegetables in Season
30th September 2016: I love the fact that when growing your own, each vegetable has a season and then it’s over for that year. It means that you really enjoy the fresh vegetables
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Picking and Planting
16th Sept 2016: We managed to buy some purple sprouting broccoli plants from our local nursery – they are a little late going in but hopefully we will have something to pick in s
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