We Grow Our OwnThe trials and successes of life on our allotment

Time for a little bit of a catch up I think, since I have been a bit stingy with blog updates recently!

July is usually one of the driest months so a lot of time may be spent watering. You can reduce water loss and save yourself some time by preventing water loss. Mulching with a layer of organic matter will help preserve moisture but may encourage slugs so you will need to take action against them.

Both myself and @luckylottielisa have been busy bees over the weekend.

This weekend’s plans were scuppered by the typical Bank Holiday weather, so the idea of moving all of the seedlings down to the allotment to be planted had to be put on hold for another week.

I desperately need more room in the greenhouse, but the temperature dropped like a stone everytime it rained or started to hail.

The lottie is taking shape, but there is still so much work to be done.

The encouraging thing is that stuff is starting to grow, so Spring has sprung by the look of things!

Welcome to the second installment of my ‘what to do each month’ suggestions for your allotment plot or garden.

April is great, the soil is warming up and spring should be here. Do keep an eye on the weather forecast though, even in the south of England a cold snap and snow are not unknown in April, (and one is being forecast this week!) Keeping horticultural fleece on standby in case of cold weather is a good idea.

Another milestone today, as the first crops were planted in our plot.

We spent the majority of the daylight hours at the allotment this weekend to try and make a start on it.

Hooray – it’s time to start chitting my potatoes! The garden centres and seed merchants are selling or delivering seed potatoes as from now so why not get stuck in and start yours off. I headed to the garden centre last weekend to buy mine.

I went for ones that said they had good blight resistance. I’ve never normally had problems with blight (famous last words!), but I have been warned by the other plotholders that this site has suffered in the past, so I don’t want to take any chances this year.