Top September Allotment Tips
It has been a challenging year for many plot holders. Last winter the Beast from the East, (who remembers that?) followed by the Mini Beast ensured a late …
Allotment Tips
September Top Allotment Tips
The priority job at the moment on my Allotment is harvesting maincrop potatoes. Unfortunately potato blight struck very recently on our site. I’ve cut down …
March Top Allotment Tips
It is amazing what a few days of sunshine can do! After weeks of dreary weather, the good weather near the end of February resulted in allotment sites across …
February Top Allotment Tips
My allotment doesn’t know if it is coming or going! The weather is playing havoc with plant cycles. In January we had crazy temperatures of 15C, snow and oh …
December Allotment Tips
It certainly hasn’t been allotment weather here in the north. We have had three weeks of almost incessant rain recently which has virtually curtailed all …
August Allotment Tips 2015
The recent wetter weather has brought the allotment on a treat. There really is no substitute for rainwater and recently we have had plenty of it! The …
May Allotment Tips
My allotment has moved on apace since last month. Spring certainly sprung in April and our plots have responded and look great for it! Both second early and …
January Allotment Tips
My allotment is currently frozen solid and almost resembles an arctic tundra as I write. The end of the Christmas period heralded the coldest snap of the …