Welcome to the Allotment Book.
A website dedicated to growing fruit, vegetables, and herbs, both at home and on an allotment.
Welcome to the Allotment Book.
A website dedicated to growing fruit, vegetables, and herbs, both at home and on an allotment.
An aerial display of geese taken on my lockdown walk yesterday. They are noisy flyers, honking as they fly.
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I enjoy searching for buds on the fruit bushes, it makes me feel spring is less far away... this is a photo of a blackcurrant bud taken a few days ago.
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The October sown garlic is doing well now. Germination was slow, but over 95% have come up. I’ve sown homegrown garlic cloves this year, and I’m really pleased, and relieved, they’ve germinated well.
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I was lucky that this swan flew by on my lockdown walk this weekend. I really enjoy taking photos of swans. When they fly, they make a constant call, which is very helpful in getting the camera ready for when they are close by.
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Inspecting my currant bushes yesterday, I saw these strange looking orange spots on some of the branches. I think they are sap sucking scale insects? I hope to prune away the problem.
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The rhubarb is back! A great sight on a cold day. I don’t force rhubarb, but provided the weather warms a little I’m hoping to be harvesting some stems by March.
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One day before the shortest day, there are still summer flowers blooming in the garden. Surely the warm air escaping from the vent on top of my hot compost bin is not the reason!
The coldest night of the year, measured by the thermometer inside my polytunnel (with the door and window panel open all night) has only been -1 °C, I think this is the most likely reason. A wet and relatively warm winter where I live (so far).
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New video: December Allotment Tour. Watch by following the profile link (click the logo).
See the contents below:
00:00 Introduction
00:30 Storing Shallots
00:55 Storing Winter Squash
01:02 Hot Composting
01:44 Overwintering Peas
02:23 Blueberry Bushes
02:57 Garlic Germinating
03:52 Picking Cabbage
04:36 Picking Kale
05:24 New Zealand Spinach Bed With Chard & Beetroot
06:27 Digging Up Parsnips
07:48 Picking Orange Beetroot
08:25 Overwintering Leeks
09:26 Overwintering Cabbage & Broccoli
10:42 Overwintering Perpetual Spinach & Picking Radish
13:21 Strawberry Bed
13:36 Apple Tree
14:06 Rhubarb Bed With Dahlias
15:08 Fruit Cage
15:52 Tayberry, Loganberry, Boysenberry
16:32 Raspberry Row
17:03 Water Butts & Polytunnel
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January Allotment Tour
December Allotment Tour
Creamy Tomato Soup
A tour of my allotment in mid-January 2021 and what jobs I plan to do in the coming weeks.
A tour of my allotment at the start of December 2020, including a review of the tasks done in November.
This recipe creates a rich and creamy tomato soup, bursting with the goodness of tomatoes.
A tour of my allotment at the start of November 2020, including a review of the tasks done in October.
