About our Allotment

We have had this allotment plot since Oct 2005 and it has gone really well considering it was overgrown when we took it on. The council cut back the brambles and we started trying to rotavate it which was hard going. The first things to go in were broad beans, onions and garlic which went into Bed 1 which I planted one very wet windy afternoon just to have something growing. The onions went in a little two deep but we had a little crop of little onions which I use raw in salads etc. Broad beans did well which my husband likes but i'm not too keen, and the garlic was good which was harvested in August.


I planted seed potatoes with my youngest son one April morning. Didn't get a bad result for first timers.






Visited the allotment this evening (Saturday) to collect veg for tomorrow dinner as we have vistors. I picked runner beans, french beans ( FB which we haven't tried yet) broccoli (I'm proud of this) a butternut squash and a lonely courgette. Everything is growing well.

Bed 1: The savoy cabbage need a blast of something to stop the caterpillers eating them, spring cabbage are starting to grow well & I have a few more to go in. Tomatoes from this year are still going well especially the bush tomatoes given to me by a friend ( Thanks we have lastest well with them). PSB are in this bed too for next year but could come early if the weather stays warm.

Bed 2: Contain pumpkin & courgette plants which are coming to an end and curly kale, spinach & broad beans. I'm hoping curly kale & spinach will see our family into the winter.

Bed three: Contain runner beans, french beans which are going good. Butternut squash & left over sweetcorn to ripen. Broccolli & brussel sprouts and leeks at the end. Garlic and onions are to go in this bed shortly.