Hallelujia. It was becoming the Sahara-on-Esk around here.
Archive for April, 2010
It is raining.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged weather on April 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Aldi supplies…
Posted in fruit on April 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The search term Aldi seeds often brings people here and I get reports of very varying quality. Some report great success, some a lot of duff seeds, although I have heard tell of a lot of waste from Sutton’s Seeds (altogether more expensive) this year. Not long ago I snagged three raspberry and three redcurrant [...]
This allotmonaut…
Posted in Uncategorized on April 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
…is proudly fuelled by local pies.
Rosie Boycott on UK food shortages…
Posted in politics of food on April 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
An Icelandic volcano about which we know little erupts and within days the newspapers are breathlessly reporting shortages of things we can mostly do without. I have got to 45 without a Kenyan sugar snap pea passing my lips. Rosie Boycott (I suspect a lady with more time and money than most) tells us that [...]
The daily progress (and a little whinge)…
Posted in just yakkin', progress report on April 18, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Yards of couch grass roots hoiked out and gleefully burned on the bonfire in the background. Seed rows watered and neigbours’ chickens looked at with envy. Except the one which has escaped and had clearly been pecking around my cultivated beds, wreaking the havoc. Most of the allotments are back to full life, with the [...]
Onions!
Posted in onions on April 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Daily progress…
Posted in progress report, son of soil slaves away on April 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Raised bed stomped into place, filled with loam (from the turves I scutted off two years ago when I got no 16) and strawbs planted, a row of garlic (Solent Wight) and a row of chard alongside. However, the satisfaction of that was offset by turning another patch of ground and encountering a snake’s honeymoon [...]
Allotments hit by inflation.
Posted in politics of food on April 14, 2010 | 3 Comments »
The rent on No. 16 has gone up by a shocking 70-odd percent above the RPI. But since it’s gone from £4 to £7 a year I think we can stomach that. Looking at the price of fruit and veg in the Co-op this evening I think we’ll save that on our first crop of [...]
Among the top searches on Allotmentality this week?
Posted in Uncategorized on April 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
‘Triceratops poo’. So far we have used horse and organic cow manure but of anyone has a pile of Triceratops horridus manure, we’d be happy to give it a go on No. 16/
A blog we are liking…
Posted in blogkeeping on April 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
My Allotment Heaven.
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