Windy day..

Was hoping to get some stuff done at the allotment today but the weather had other ideas - really windy and since the allotment is quite exposed with not much shelter decided to just check on it and dug up a few leeks whilst there (they're going to end up in a chicken and leek bake sometime next week probably..)

Have to decide which of the beds we're going to put the potatoes in this year and dig some manure in ready for planting which should be around April (I think?) - have to get some seed potatoes and get them chitting sometime soon. Also need to order some seeds, want to try growing some onions from seed this year, and believe it'll soon be time to sow seeds in trays which can go in the coldframe at home for now.

Other than that, still plenty of digging and weeding to do ready for Spring. Looking forward to the weather getting better! :)

First post..

So here is our first post - unfortunately it's very early January and the weather is pretty bad (lots of wind and rain) so we've not been up to much at the plot. Currently it's looking pretty bleak (and quite muddy!). Most of the beds are empty (except for the weeds of course) although we still have some leeks growing (still a bit small though, think we were a bit late planting them out) and also some garlic has started sprouting which was planted out not so long ago. We've also recently planted some raspberry canes and some strawberry plants on a large area near the back of the plot that's been dug over and sat empty for a while - hopefully we might have some strawberries this year but the raspberry canes probably won't fruit till next year.

Things aren't very exciting at this time of year but hopefully in a few months when Spring arrives we'll be a lot busier - It has been hard work since starting last April (especially digging out the beds!) but well worth it, and have a good layout ready to start growing stuff this year. Really looking forward to it!

(We don't have any recent photos of the plot - if we did they'd look a bit boring what with it being winter and the plot looking a bit empty. However here is a photo taken a few months after we started last year showing most of the plot, lot more sunny back then!)