Monday, May 29

Busy watering again

It was a lovely week last week. No rain and temperatures that meant sweaters were discarded and shade was sought.

The downside  - of course there always is a downide - was that we had to spend much of our time hauling watering cans around the plot. According to an app on my phone, on Sunday  I walked 2.7 km, (just over one and a half miles), whilst at the allotment and most of that was spent watering.

We put off most of our planting as we thought it was easier to look after the plants at home  but we needed to plant out our second batch of sweet corn. At least the soil wasn't too dry to make digging a hole difficult and to give the plants the best chance of settling in, I filled the planting holes with water before planting. Th plants were also given a good water after planting and so far they have survived.



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Monday, May 22

It feels like spring - or even summer


The weather was very kind last week. We seemed to have skipped spring and jumped straight into summer. 

We have had four very productive afternoons at the allotment as well as some long walks with Ruby. This means this post is longer than usual but if you want to read it in two parts, there is a natural break which I will indicate when you arrive there.

One down side of sunny, dry weather is that the watering can is busy again but I mustn't complain. 



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Tuesday, May 16

Beds are starting to fill up but steadily

We spent three busy afternoons at the allotment. Martyn, spent time strimming as the grass is growing at an alarming rate. The conditions are ideal for both grass and weed growth so Martyn strimmed and I weeded.

We did, however, fit in quite a lot of other things too.  

 



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Monday, May 8

Swan Lake

We spent much of the time tidying and strimming the grass  - nothing that really lends itself to interesting photos. The conditions are ideal for grass growth and it almost seems as though the grass immediately grows back again after it has been strimmed.

We did some planting too.



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Wednesday, May 3

April in pictures

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Monday, May 1

A double dose of bluebells

Last week we managed to do quite a bit of work on the allotment, as well as fitting in plenty of walks with Ruby.

First, let's catch up with work on the plot. We still have a few beds to clear and till so we have a production line going; I dig out and clear any weeds and as beds are cleared, Martyn moves in with the tiller.



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