I was brought up to ignore Mothers’ Day. I’m not sure of the precise reasoning, but I think that my feminist mother probably felt that society cynically chooses to spend one day patronising mothers so that it can spend the rest of the year marginalising them. Offering an annual bunch of daffodils as a substitute for equality is just demeaning, she might have argued. Continue reading
It’s almost a year since we sowed the seed, but our purple sprouting broccoli has finally become broccoli sprouting purply! Continue reading
Sheffield City Council is planning to more than double allotment rents in 2013. Rent (which excludes water charges) will go from £13/year to £30/year for small plots, from £18.30/year to £42.50/year for medium plots, and from £23.70/year to £65/year for large plots. That’s an increase of ~130% for small and medium plots, and ~175% for large plots. Continue reading
The first seeds of 2012 are just starting to germinate. These are Early Onward peas, sown in compost-filled toilet roll inners. Continue reading
The biggest success of last year was probably the strawberries. I have very little experience of growing strawberries, but here’s what I’ve managed to glean from various books, and how we’re planning on growing them: Continue reading
Since we took on the plot a year ago, I’ve been wanting to get some raised beds installed. After a year, I’ve finally got started. Continue reading
It’s now been a year since we took over our allotment, so this seems to be a good time to take stock. Continue reading
The brassicas bed has slowly been bursting into life, and we’ve discovered that red cabbages and purple sprouting broccoli need a lot of space. But despite some overcrowding, it’s looking promising, and we had our first harvest with the Romanesco earlier this week. Continue reading
After Saturday’s single-strawberry harvest, we were still a little peckish, so we thought we’d go back today and see what else we could pick. Continue reading
Food !
