Allotment Tuesday!!

So, I've just been dropped off at the allotment!!! What an hour!!! Looks like its gonna be the warmest day of the year so far though so it should be worth it. Nice steaming hot pile of manure to be whacking in our compost bins!!


And I'm all good to go with the rotovator and the plants I've recently bought (asparagus, rhubarb, raspberrys, blackberrys, red currants and a couple of trees) and all the onion sets, garlic and potatoes!


So before I nip into town while it warms up a little and get me a wind up radio to keep me company all day, here's today's before picture! Catcha later!!


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Amaryllis antics!

Well it's been a busy week and I've gotta admit I've not had a chance to spend time on the allotment which is a shame as its been such nice weather!! But I have been out and about an it's nice to see things getting moving now that the suns back out! Saw these in a local park...


And I've also just invested in a new set of wheels to ferry myself and my many many harvests to and from the allotment!!


Finally...I bought 10 massive amaryllis bulbs from the Christmas markets in manchester for £10....only one of them has flowered so far


But the rest are all very close, one has just put out a fourth flowering stem so I have high expectations!! Hopefully an update on the allotment later this week as I should be able to spend some time there and there's loads I need to do!

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Allotment update!!

So, not really had a chance to do much in the last week, but here's a few quick pics of the allotment from last time we were there.











We've rotovated about a fifth of it so far and the bits that we have rotovated are actually looking pretty decent, and the soil is decent.

I'd originally hoped to get it all rotovated by march before I got planting but that's evidently not gonna happen - its a much bigger job than anticipated and we just keep finding more and more rubbish underneath and several layers of carpet (to any of you with allotment, don't ever lay carpet down unless you intend to remove it before the next tenant!). I've got several fruit bushes (blackberry and raspberrys) and some asparagus and rhubarb plants that desperately need planting so I'm gonna try and at least get those in this week and maybe some parsnips sown, and then I can get on with some more rotovating.

In the meantime.....here's a lovely amaryllis that's just come into bloom! The first of around 10 I planted in January! Nice to have a bit of spring colour. It's not that far away folks!


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I downloaded the app!!

So it's been a while since I've done an update....ok, a couple of years!!! But after a frantic year of plant science at university, finding it really wasn't for me (I like growing and looking at them too much to analyse 'why!'), and reapplying to do accounting in September....I figured I need to get back to the garden!

Last year I grew some cool stuff in our teeny back yard (maybe 10 x 10ft) but in October, we decided to embark on...an allotment!!! At present we're still waiting for a decent weekends weather to get it rotovated and ready but in the meantime, the seed box has been organised and I'm ready and raring to grow!

Will get some pictures uploaded as soon as I work out how - I'm currently computerless, and hoping to get one soon, but for now I'm blogging from the app on my phone!


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