Allotment News

I’ve wanted to try no dig potatoes for years now. In fact I’d really like to practice more no dig gardening but as hubby does most of the work on the allotment I have a

This time of year is all about planning what we are going to grow this season and working out what will go where. But it’s also good to go up to the allotment and see what has ov

Although we are still picking vegetables, some sections are now empty and are ready to put to bed for the winter. As we remove the last plants from a bed we also remove any weeds a

Largely due to the good weather it has been a pretty successful year on the allotment and the sunshine has made it pleasant to be there. There have been some crops however which ha

Despite netting our spring sown Cavelo Nero kale, the white butterflies still managed to infiltrate and lay their eggs. The baby caterpillars soon grew fat on the leaves and we gav

A friend of mine and I decided to visit each others allotments one day last week. It’s always interesting to see what others are growing and how they work their allotment but

The fruit and vegetables this year seem to have come in gluts mainly I think because of the hot weather. A farmer near us has had to close his pick your own strawberries because th

I’m really feeling for the farmers at the moment with this exceptional spell of hot dry weather.. A couple of days ago we drove passed whole fields of broad beans that were d