Alison and I took a trip to the allotment yesterday to cut back the grass paths and to start digging the plots ready for autumn planting, as well as continuing to pick plenty of veg for home.
The photo is of some plants which were sown in latish summer, a last of sowing at a time when we weren't sure the rabbits were going to be having most of the seedlings. There are peas, broad beans, spinach parsnips, onions and tomatoes in just this small space. The tomatoes are fruiting amazingly well having been surplus torequirement at home and planted as a bit of an experiment. They were quickly blown over and have grown along the ground rather than vertically. However, they are full of fruit and it has to be said, everything which has survived the rabbits has grown brilliantly, the soil is clearly fertile and we are getting so many beetroot, radishes, beans and a huge turnip.
There is a lot waiting in the kitchen for cooking and we have already stored a good deal in pickles, in the freezer or through fermentation.
I have started digging the old potato plot, the first area I dug in the winter, and I can now start to dig deeper releasing nutrients from further down and providing more space for roots to more easily plunge into. We acquired the allotment in early December last year which makes me even more pleased with just how productive the plot has been and gives me a real sense of anticipation as we look forward to making improvements which will be more attractive and more productive.
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