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What I'm Growing in 2021

What I’m Growing in 2021

The weather is just miserable and no doubt there will be more yukky stuff to come, spring can’t come soon enough and I think we’re all holding out for some better weather, a good potter around the allotment without 20 layers of clothes or a snorkel would be lovely. My seed orders have all arrived and now I can list exactly what I plan to grow, there are a lot of old favourites on the list but…

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Allotments in the Snow

Allotments in the Snow

Snow fell on Bedfordshire today, it doesn’t snow very often here but when it does it usually settles. I couldn’t resist getting the camera out and visiting the allotment. Snow makes everything look so fresh and bright, it makes my shed look yellow rather than cream! The air was fresh and invigorating, and it was eerily quiet at the allotment today but I rather liked it. Poor old frozen…

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Allotment Chickens

Well, they’re sort of allotment chickens. Let me explain. I don’t house my chickens on the allotment, they live in my garden for a couple of reasons. Firstly there really isn’t enough space to keep chickens on my allotment, the site is tiny compared to others with just 33 plots in total which are compact in size compared to standard plot sizes. My garden is plenty big for them to roam around…

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Even Rainy Days Are Allotment Days

Even Rainy Days Are Allotment Days

It’s dark and uninviting outside, and according to the weather forecast the cold nip has been replaced by milder temperatures, although it still feels nippy to me. I don’t mind the cold if I’m wrapped up with plenty of layers on but the rain is back which is just miserable. Allotment mooching is out of the question today, I can’t really do much on the plot at the moment but I do love to potter…

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Allotment Addicts

Allotment Addicts is a discussion board (if you wish to) and photo sharing group on Flickr, created by little ol’ me. If you already upload photos to Flickr and love taking photos of your allotment, seedlings, harvests and of course the all important shed, pop along and join Allotment Addicts group and share your allotment photos with other members with the same interests. Flickr is free to join…

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A Very Messy Leek Lesson

A third lockdown for England was announced by the Prime Minister on Monday which comes as no surprise given the infection/death rate statistics and concern over the new virus strain. Allotments are…

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A New Year Begins

It was cold and frosty this morning, a fresh new year, very fresh indeed. My early morning routine is pretty much the same each day, I let the chickens out of the coops and fill up their feeders, o…

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What’s Eating My Leeks?

Something is eating my leeks, sadly it’s not me. I noticed my leeks started to look poorly recently (they have a touch of leek rust but that’s pretty standard for my allotment site), th…

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Pumpkin and Winter Squash Harvest 2020

All of the winter squash and pumpkins have been harvested and I’m pretty pleased with what I have grown. The butternut squash were a huge success this year, lovely big fruits and plenty of th…

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Make a No Dig Raised Bed

I recently posted about no dig raised beds on my new allotment and decided to post about how to go about making them. I used wooden scaffold boards because they’re a decent depth but any scra…