Last Autumn I covered half of my allotment’s raised beds with regular horse manure, it was about three inches deep. We get free manure deliveries to…
Browsing: allotment
I’ve grown more than ten varieties of squash and pumpkin at my allotment this year. I’ve done that partly for the 10th annual squash and pumpkin…
This week (14th-20th August) it’s National Allotments Week and I’m all in favour of promoting allotments for mental health and general well-being. I know only too well…
July and August are my two favourite months at the allotment, the greenery is really kicking in and starting to make the hard work seem worthwhile.…
Rooks, pigeons and pheasants are a real nuisance at my allotment and given half the chance they’ll demolish cabbages, sprouts or anything else they take a fancy…
When we became parents for the first time we tried to attend our local church on Sundays in an effort to get our eldest on a…
My gardening great grandfather George Cook swore that garlic was the key to a long life (and he lived to 108), he may have been on…
If I had a pound for each time I heard somebody recommend crushed egg shells as a slug and snail barrier I’d be rich. The problem…
Of all the plants I grow at my allotment, those I most look forward to growing are giant pumpkins. I can’t say they’re high up on our…
For many centuries coastal communities across the world have harvested seaweed and used it on their fields to boost their crops. In the channel islands this practise…