Preparing the Polytunnel
Preparing the polytunnel for sweetcorn, planting potatoes and strawberry runners. My favourite fruit!
Allotment Garden Diary
Growing Your Own, Gardening and Allotment Advice
Allotment Garden Diary
My diary of my attempts, success and failures growing vegetables, fruit, herbs and gardening on an allotment.sized vegetable plot with a garden as well
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Master Garlic Grower Shares How he Grows Garlic
Stewart Jones, a keen garlic grower from Mansfield Woodhouse, shares how he grows his garlic crop on his plot on the Kingsley Allotment site.
Preparing the New Bed & in The Potting Shed
We've had some shocking weather but I have at least made a good start on the new no-dig bed and nearly kept up with the sowing plan in the potting shed.
Growing Questions & Answers March 2019
A selection of questions I've been asked about growing and gardening. Hopefully the answers will help a wider audience.
Spell of Glorious Weather Catch Up
3 days of great weather lets us get some of the outside jobs sorted. Sowing beans, planting garlic and putting the grandson to work.
Heeling in the Leeks
By heeling leeks in, they'll effectively store in good condition for another couple of weeks at least - stopping them bolting and freeing up bed space.
Bay Tree Looking Ill – What to do?
my bay tree which is looking rather sparse for leaves. Could you give me any guidance on how to encourage thicker growth?
More Woodchips, Storm Damage, Leylandii & Leeks
Creating a new decorative border, mulching with woodchips and cardboard, storm damages coldframe, windbreak leylandii growing fast.
Sowing Schedule 2019
My seed sowing plan for 2019 is set up in a spreadsheet which you can download as an example for yourself.
A Slow Start, Under the Snow
Looking at the snow blanketing the fields and plots, covering the plants waiting patiently for spring and warmth to burst back to life.
Potatoes, Onions, Garlic, Purple Cauliflower & Other Flowers
Chitting potatoes, onions in store, garlic in pots, purple cauliflowers and primroses flowering and daffodils ready to flower.
White Beetroot amongst the red beets – What Causes White Beetroots?
Understanding why white beetroot are appearing from a packet of red Boltardy Beetroot seeds takes us into how we breed new varieties of vegetables.
Brexit Blues
The probability of us leaving the EU without an agreement could result in higher prices for food and shortages of fresh vegetables in the shops.
Cataract – Here we go Again!
I've been diagnosed with another cataract – so my right eye will have a bionic lens soon. It's frustrating waiting but the operation isn't bad.
Metaldehyde Slug Pellet Ban Announced – Slug Killing Options Now
Metaldehyde based slug pellets will be withdrawn from sale, the government announced. What effective alternatives for slug control?
Largest Yield from One Seed Potato Competition
An old allotment competition is to see who can grow the biggest yield of potatoes from just one seed potato. This article explains how it is done.
Winter Solstice – Merry Christmas
Early Sowing, Winter solstice and Yule and Christmas Greetings to everyone.
Taking it Easy – Catching up on my reading.
Catching up on reading gardening books old and new whilst the weather outside is awful. A quick report on what is happening on the plots
A New Greenhouse Coming Soon
I've got a new Eden Burford greenhouse arriving on Monday. 10 feet long, 6 feet wide. Why I decided to get another greenhouse.
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