Well, it’s been six weeks or so since the Grumpy Vegan brought you up to date with our plot at the Fernbank Allotment in Hastings. Weeds grow. Grass gets mowed. And we harvested some new red and white potatoes, fingerling … Continue reading
Apologies for the delay in posting an update on the allotment. We’re well into June and as is visible from the photograph stuff is growing. Several plots are under way with potatoes, peas, rosemary, lavender, onions and other delights. We’re … Continue reading
The last update on the allotment was April 9. In the intervening time we’ve had a mixture of spring and summer weather. Here, you can see the potatoes are growing and the lavender. This is one of three plots we’re … Continue reading
Toward the end of last week and before this weekend’s weird spring/winter/spring weather, we spent a productive half-day working on the allotment. As the photograph shows, it’s looking more like an allotment every day! We planted three rows of potatoes … Continue reading
Here’s an update on what’s latest at our allotment in Fernbank. We continued to clear the two 10′ x 12′ plots. The photo shows that the top plot is cleared and the bottom one is half-cleared. To clear these plots … Continue reading
Today, we rented a strimmer (Americans read: weed whacker) and cleared the lower half of our 10-rod allotment. The strimmer worked well and cut the grass more effectively than the two mowers we used earlier in the week. It’s just … Continue reading
