More excited than a lottery winner this morning, have some cauli forming at last. They have really taken their time this year, plenty of big leaves, was beginning to wonder if I had planted “blind” plants

Morning Jane Karen, dry day forecast so will get more spuds out of drums. These mornings are cool and can certainly see the days shortening. Wilcos will soon be putting out the festive season goods ,their gardening section will be starting a sale , good time to get bargains for next season..

Have a question, am I missing out on something, what’s this ironing I see mentioned quite often?

Afternoon clickers, sunny day with just a gentle breeze, all the years I’ve had an allotment I should know by now not to plan the day before arriving at the plot. Usual thing flask in shed then pest patrol, this is first job every day, removing dead leaves and checking for aphids. Reached the bottom of my plot and stopped dead, over night all the…[Read more]

Morning Karen a similar weather forecast for us today. My peas are finished and in the freezer, because of mildew only grow main crop and sow them early. Those Algarve beans that originally came from you have cropped better than ever this year, they raised a few £s last Saturday on our veg stall

Morning Karen , Shelia, Cilla, still recovering from Saturday looking forward to a relaxing week just tending my plot

Evening clickers, thank you all for your kind comments on our open day. We raised £630 for the charity, thanks to a big team effort and the generosity of plot holders and a few small local shops, plus a lot of hard work, but it went off with out a hitch

Morning clickers, just slept for 8 hours , fully refreshed now. Looking forward to Sunday roast after a diet yesterday of Burgers, Hotdogs, a variety of cakes and lots of coffee Should know later how much money was raised yesterday. September will be another busy month, first Saturday Joan and myself are judging the fun veg…[Read more]