Categories
Archives
-
Recent Posts
Meta
Author Archives: smallPaws
garlic beds & spring prep
The small bed of garlic we planted in late autumn (November) are doing well. We also planted two giant garlic in a mini-plot. These provide a flash of hopeful green growth in the midst of bare patches that have been … Continue reading
Posted in allotment journal, diary, perennials, veg patch
Leave a comment
spring harvest – bitter greens & tart crumbles
This is what our coronavirus survival kitchen looks like. Our weekend harvest from the allotment included sprouting broccoli (tiny but powerful & delicious), spinach, purple & yellow stemmed swiss chard, marjoram, winter savory, and rhubarb.
Posted in allotment journal, diary, veg patch
Leave a comment
signs of spring – despite the apocalypse!
In spite of the coronavirus apocalypse that’s hit Europe and London, life is full of bustle and buzz on the allotment. Went up this weekend and we kept our distance, but the place was eerily empty, with only four … Continue reading
Posted in allotment journal, diary, Uncategorized, wildlife
Leave a comment
garlic
It’s been monsoons – too wet & mucky to garden. Last weekend was a complete wash out. This week there’s been flooding up North and one woman died when a river overran its banks. Yikes. This morning started with heavy … Continue reading
Let’s Talk ‘Bout Sheds, Baby
Actually, let’s not. I’ll let these pictures tell a thousand words or more.
Posted in allotment journal, diary
Leave a comment
cutting update – damask success
Last winter we took three cuttings from the damask rose. At first, all three took and thrived, but eventually there were two, and then, just one. But what a one that one is! It’s been repotted to a large handsome … Continue reading
Posted in allotment journal, diary, perennials
Leave a comment
the strawberry patch – expanded
The success of our small strawberry patch last spring heartened us to increase its size. We’d left all the nigella (aka Love-in-a-Mist) to flower and go to seed, and now have dug over the previous wildflower plot, added some manure … Continue reading
Posted in allotment journal, diary, veg patch, wildlife
Leave a comment
berry overload
Can you Adam and Eve it?! There were simply too many berries for us to eat fresh. We were gorging on blackberries every evening – with meringues, with yoghurt, with whipped cream, with vanilla ice cream. Berries ’til we were … Continue reading
Posted in allotment journal, diary, harvests & feasts
Leave a comment
summer – where did it go?
Where did summer go? We started gloriously, with a modest harvest of garlic in June… Followed by good crops of calvero nero (black Italian kale), beans, courgette, onions, and an almost impossible steady supply of delicious sweet blackberries. We’ve also … Continue reading
Posted in allotment journal, diary, harvests & feasts
Leave a comment
the sea-holly re-surfaces
The sea holly, which had disappeared during the heat wave last summer, has re-appeared. The big dude’s delighted. I’d protected and marked the spot with a broken tool handle, which we’ve now removed. It’s likely that the very heavy clay … Continue reading
Posted in allotment journal, perennials, veg patch
1 Comment
Philosophising... 