Monthly Archives: July 2010

Starting to go through each beds 1 at a time, and removing any weeds (however small), water and strim the grass. Managed to get just over a quarter of the entire plot done. Each day I’ll do a quarter and … Continue reading →

Dug up my first potatoes today, just enough to have for dinner tonight. When the tops of the potatoes start to go brown/yellow then it’s time to dig them up. Plant something else in their place if you have anything. … Continue reading →

Picked loads of raspberries today, ate some whilst picking. They just made their way to my mouth and I was eating them before I knew it, honestly! They’re very sweet and yummy. Don’t think I’ll make jam with them, just … Continue reading →

More weeding and watering. Tried a pea pod and they getting there. I’ll be picking some in about week I should think. Everything’s growing, even though we haven’t had rain since….. I can’t even remember it’s been so long. The … Continue reading →

Made Gooseberry jam today. Yummy. I made 1 jar in my bread machine, so if you have a bread machine check if it has a jam cycle, and if it does they should have a jam recipe, just change the … Continue reading →

Picked some purple radish today and had a couple for lunch. Wow they were hot!! But very tasty. Apparently we were supposed to have rain today. It’s 4.41pm and so far no sign of any. It’ll miss us again. More … Continue reading →

Can’t believe how fast the year has gone. Cycled again to the allotment today. Mark had the car again! Very energetic of me. It’s only a 15 minute walk away though, so not far. More raging war on the weeds. … Continue reading →

Cycled to the allotment today as Mark had the car. I picked all my broad beans, podded and froze them when I got home. They managed to get black fly on them. Next year I’ll plant them in January/February, and … Continue reading →