What happened to spring? First week of March looking like mid-winter on the plot. allotmentnotebook.blogspot.c… #allotment #torfaen #gyo

Some indoor early sowing: tomatoes, leeks & sweet peppers. It's still winter but I'm thinking salads too! #allotment #torfaen #gyo allotmentnotebook.blogspot.c…

How to grow large parsnips and wonderful carrots in heavy soils successfully. allotmentnotebook.blogspot.c… #allotment #gyo #torfaen #garden

Spuds or prunes? They're so wrinkly it's hard to tell. What the hell, I planted them anyway! Onion sets finally go in. Transplanting and thinning - not just my hair - leeks and toms sorted. . allotmentnotebook.blogspot.c… #allotment #gyo #torfaen #gardening #garden

Sowing, An Expression Of Optimism? Start of April #allotment update - we have germination! allotmentnotebook.blogspot.c…

2019 seed list completed and an order placed. I might take a chance and make a maincrop spud change this year too. allotmentnotebook.blogspot.c… #allotment #torfaen

Bosworth F1 Brussels Sprouts have done well despite a dry Summer. Keep picking from now until March, recommended. #allotment #torfaen allotmentnotebook.blogspot.c…

Butternuts harvested, plot tidied and a first frost. A busy week on the #allotment allotmentnotebook.blogspot.c… #allotment #torfaen

Hope you all managed to take advantage of the warm weather and your #allotment is underway. My brassicas planted out under nets - yep already thinking about Christmas Sprouts! allotmentnotebook.blogspot.c… #torfaen

April is always busy. Broad beans planted out; parsnips sown using the 'bar' method; carrots sown using the 'spade wiggle' method and main crop spuds just, erm, bunged in a hole method! #allotment #torfaen allotmentnotebook.blogspot.c…

Took advantage of a sunny weekend to plant out the early potatoes. Potted on toms and peppers too. Hope you all managed to do something on the #allotment this weekend. allotmentnotebook.blogspot.c… #torfaen

Time to think about Christmas! Ok, not really but I have been sowing Brussels Sprouts, broad beans and cabbages in a heated propagator. Fingers crossed, Spring might actually arrive by next week! #allotment #torfaen allotmentnotebook.blogspot.c…

It's March so picture yellow daffodils nodding their heads in a warm breeze and the birds singing in the branches as they build their nests. Well, forget that, here's the #allotment ... allotmentnotebook.blogspot.c… #torfaen

A thick frost this morning in South Wales, glad my seedlings were on the windowsill in the house. Already running out of space, can't wait for warmer weather! #allotment #torfaen allotmentnotebook.blogspot.c…

Early tomato seedlings have developed 'true' leaves and have been potted on. Sweet peas and nasturtiums are well underway too. allotmentnotebook.blogspot.c… #allotment #torfaen

Early sowings of tomatoes, leeks and sweet peppers are all up. Need to keep them warm and snug on a sunny windowsill for a while yet. #allotment #torfaen allotmentnotebook.blogspot.c…

Sowing tomato seeds, peppers and leeks in a heated propagator, chitting spuds and a link to my Spring garlic planting guide (tools required = trowel & fridge!). allotmentnotebook.blogspot.c… #allotment #torfaen

Early & Main crop spuds now chitting away. Didn't plant garlic in the Autumn? See latest post for a link to my Spring garlic planting guide - you'll need a fridge as well as a trowel ! allotmentnotebook.blogspot.c… #allotment #torfaen

Early sowing of leeks in an indoor heated propagator along with some capsicum. Nice to get something started off this season! #allotment #torfaen allotmentnotebook.blogspot.c…

The cold and gloom of January cheered today by the arrival of my main crop sarpo mira spuds. Let's get to chitting! allotmentnotebook.blogspot.c… #allotment #torfaen