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• Post #2810891

  @politicscurator That is a lovely looking plot - have fun!

• Post #2810890

  There’s a chance of frost here tomorrow night and the potatoes are beyond banking up any further, so the fleece is out. They recover from a light frosting but that set them back last year and these are more exposed #allotment

• Post #2810889

  Bees and beans #allotment

• Post #2810888

  Ooo look, it’s happening! #allotment

• Post #2810887

  This week I’ve been popping to the allotment for half an hour or so before work to try to keep up with the sheer quantity of stuff that needs planting out now. Savoy cabbage, kale, chard and celeriac are now in. Tomatoes will go out this weekend - should be warm enough for them!

• Post #2250207

  The #allotment is doing its thing 😀 The potatoes are through, and the new asparagus is putting up little fronds.

• Post #1633080

  @Irisfreundin The pollinators can pass through that netting

• Post #1472581

  The asparagus arrived! #allotment

• Post #1098029

  Now what is repeatedly pulling up the same two strawberry plants? I replanted them yesterday, not for the first time, and here we are again… Looks like I’ll be mulching and netting this morning. #allotment

• Post #1098028

  I actually planted my potatoes on Good Friday this year. One of my potatoes was really a stone. Make of that what you will. #allotment (These are Charlotte. Also going in today were Red Duke of York and Casablanca. Picasso and Sarpo Mira to follow.)

• Post #841906

  I’ve had this #allotment plot for five years now and I’m heading into my sixth growing season. As a sign of my commitment I’ve decided to take it to the next level and plant an asparagus bed. Started preparing it today. Also sowed some peas.

• Post #491652

  I don’t have a greenhouse and I am banned from taking over the windowsills and kitchen table but the seeds are germinating well with this arrangement. Onions, leeks, chard and brassicas so far. #allotment

• Post #491651

  These skies #allotment

• Post #255315

  It’s getting autumnal at the #allotment but the kale is recovering well now it’s had some proper rain. I sowed next year’s sweet peas this morning, mostly because I like having something to look forward to.

• Post #255314

  Rigged up a bit of cold night protection around the remaining tomatoes #allotment

• Post #255313

  A very curly bean on a dank October morning at the #allotment. I cycled up the access road to a Mexican wave of magpies and crows taking flight.

• Post #255311

  Mood #allotment

• Post #255310

  A little bit of colour from the #allotment to brighten up a grey morning

• Post #255309

  Raced against the rain to get the garlic in. Bit late for Halloween… 🧛‍♂️ #allotment

• Post #255308

  I’ve just picked an entire box of outdoor raspberries in Christmas week 🤨 #allotment

• Post #255307

  Fiiiiinally got back up to the #allotment today - stayed until the light went tidying, and came away with another box of raspberries(!), some cabbage and celeriac. Garlic is going well.

• Post #255306

  Yesterday I split the champagne rhubarb, and the Robin got a really good worm. I’m forcing the Victoria this year under the blue barrel #allotment

• Post #255305

  I just managed to replant the rhubarb before the sun went down and the sunset was amazing #allotment

• Post #255304

  Here we go again 😀 #allotment #Spring #bloomscrolling

• Post #255303

  I hear from those as know that we’re in for another very dry growing season, so in addition to my usual chop and drop approach, I have mulched the raspberries with grass/weeds that have been composting in plastic sacks since the summer. Rather than binning the stuff that would grow if it went on the compost, I bag it up and leave it in the shed until it’s rotted down. #allotment

• Post #255302

  A great morning for tidying the shed… #allotment

• Post #255301

  …and working out why my water butts aren’t filling as fast as they should #allotment