That’s My Parsnip! Christmas Dinner & Shortages Coming?
A great crop of parsnips. Home grown Christmas Dinner. Insurance against shortages.
Yearly Archives: 2021
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Another Water Collection System
Glyn Williams shares some photos of his allotment's water collection system and his anti-bug protection cages.
Storm Arwen Repairs, Computer Died, Covid Scare
Catching up after weather and computer problems. Repairing and tidying up after Arwen.
Ticking Over Indoors and Out
New flush of strawberries, drying and grinding chilli peppers, lovely leeks and not so pretty parsnips.
An Agricultural Testament by Sir Albert Howard
Published in 1940, this fascinating book explains concepts of soil fertility that could have been written today.
Providing Water on Allotments – Rainwater Harvesting
Many allotment sites do not have the benefit of mains water. Rainwater harvesting and storage is the solution adopted by these allotments
Rotten Rainy Weather, Hot Stew
Over the last two days we've had about 100 mm of rain and probably double that in total over the last week.
The Compost Gardener by F. C. King
The Compost Gardener by F. C. King (1943) who was Head Gardener at Levens Hall in South Westmorland. Cumbria
Allotment Fund Raising
Fund raising is never easy for allotments but this shows a couple of great ideas that many could profitably copy.
Garlic, Mushrooms & Calabrese
The autumn weather isn't great but still managed to get a bit of time on the plots.
Raised Bed Revamp
Our wooden raised beds need revamping after 8 years service, I'm planning on using recycled plastic. Durable, Environmental.
Last cucumbers, chilli peppers, beans, lost my apples!
After being so pleased to get some apples, they've vanished. Yet more beans as the dwarf French beans arrive.
Surprise Apples, Sweetcorn, Beans, Onion Storage, Fuel Shortage
A pleasant surprise with some apples, second sweetcorn harvest in, French beans finished, onion storage problems and utter idiocy.
Equinox, Food Security, Gene Editing
Bit of a ramble on the first day of autumn. Some thoughts on our food security and gene edited crops coming soon.
Spaghetti Squash, Pumpkins & Parsnips
You can't win them all but we've had some great results this year. I've never grown so many squash and the parsnips are set to be top notch.
Autumn Approaches, Harvesting
Summer may have had a last gasp but autumn is near. Some photos and comments on the season so far as harvest continues.
Hotbin Composting
I really like our Hotbin Compostor, it sits quietly behind the house converting waste to healthy, plantfood.
Watering, Onions, Raised Beds & Beans
Keeping busy, taking advantage of this very dry weather. Harvest continues, great onions and yet more beans.
Harvesting and Storing the Produce
Harvesting is in full swing now which means a lot of work to get crops stored away for winter.
Weather, blight, moulds & mustard?
The weather has really been against me. Day after day of cold damp drizzle with really high humidity. That's perfect for moulds.
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