Allotment

Free Pea Sticks

I have a decent patch of autumn fruiting raspberries in my garden at home, they grow a little wild sending out runners everywhere but I quite like that. During winter I chop the whole lot down to the ground and put the spent canes somewhere dry, usually the greenhouse or shed. When the time comes… Continue reading Free Pea Sticks

Allotment

Focus on the Good Stuff

I haven't visited the allotment much this month and I'm a bit behind. The weather has been unseasonably warm for weeks which made the ground bake hard, making it very difficult to plant potatoes around Easter when I like to get them in, but I did make a visit to sow carrots and plant peas… Continue reading Focus on the Good Stuff

Allotment

Planting Peas

About a week ago I planted peas out on the plot, although later than I would have liked it felt great to be at the stage where I'm finally planting crops on the allotment. I start peas off in modules and plant out when they get their first tendrils, I sow 2 seeds per cell… Continue reading Planting Peas