The Haunting...

Went down the lottie today, the allotment supervisor (B) had a present for george, a skull, of a vicious animal that was found dead in his plot..
Apparently, 3 years ago, at the crack of Dawn B was woken up by an awful racket... Something was fighting in the plot, scream, howl wail it went.. Then Silence... When they investigated in the morning the heart of a red cabbage had a huge gouge in it, from the top claw, to the bottom claw was a handspan's width, several plant where destroyed...Down on plot 19th a grim discovery...A headless fox, we think we found the head..

Seriously, an ocelot (wild cat) was seen walking across the plot back in 2005, one night a huge fight occured in the plot between a fox (skull above) and this cat, they eventually cornered it in cricklewood, excuse the artistic license it is a true story..

Here is the scary thing in the hands of indiana george..


Back to reality... Rich put together some beds today they look fantastic..
6x2 beds we got them from a reclamation yard (Comley in Farnham) they where old ceiling joists.

Wandering around the plot, the sprouts are doing very well towards the back of the plot.
The parsnips are enormous, for reference I put my finger by it...
They where only started back in febuary and they are supposed to stay in until December..Scary... Might have to lift one soon.


The pentland javelins are over now, they are second earlies so are on track there.. I'll let you know how it looks, we are getting about 1lb per plant from the maris peers, so things are hopefully the same here..
Finally, the eco pond is looking fantastic....

Good Night readers..

Quickie..

Hi Readers,

Quick update...Was not going to post today but had a suprise when I went down to the culvert, what a difference a day makes, remember the bone dry culvert, well 24hours later it is full...
Remember last week..Bone Dry, this week, 2ft of water...Amazing what a rain storm will do for you.. Turning around you can see it free flowing out of the allotment into the main lake at the back..
Well whilst I am here....Lets take a look...Here's some sweetcorn.We are using the three sisters method, sweet corn, squashes and peas...Here is the squashes..

Our purple sprouting is finally..Sprouting!! So the leafy jungle is now productive..
So we will have loads of that... Where next.. Calabraese is massive, this is the over wintering type...Beautiful, will have to take one tomorrow!
The rhubarb (take a look back in january) is now a triffid.... I am sure we could use some of these leaves as umbrellas..
Finally, looking back over the allotment...A new use for 4litre milk bottles, no need to buy those build a ball things, just use the bottles..
Finally...Answers on a postcard, who is taller , the bean poles or the richard?

Good night..

Wildlife and Great Food

Hi all,

Bet you didn't think you'd see another post so soon!! Suprise :)

Anyhow, we left the last post rather depressed by an empty culvert and no water..Good news, still empty culvert, but some water (rain) kissed our allotment briefly on friday and saturday, although the sahara days seem over (32-35 degrees) it is still dry, bone dry..

Anyhow, on with the post...Last week we harvested the purple cauli and the question was asked will it turn the water purple? First we sliced..

As you can see...Drum roll..It's white in the middle!!! Another victim was also picked on this day....Calabrase (Unfortunatley blown due to the heat) and out first lottie spuds..Maris Peers...

We then had the technology, the know how and the will power to convert this bunch of malicious, vicious audacious veggies into a meal.... Note we did not grow or slaughter the pig in the middle of the plate ..


This was a lottie meal...Swiss Chard....Calabarase, potatoes and purple cauliflower. Food was delicious and tasty, vegetables where fantastic..

Big question...Was the water purple?...Drum Roll.........



Yes.. Disclaimer...No artificial colours used in this product, no artificial sweetners or preservatives.....Ahhh on with the show..

Went down today, planted a row of sugar snap pea anne...Hope she is a queen and grows proud...
Around 30 in the bed...The old garlic bed..We turn things around very quickly on Plot 13.. Inside the mad fruit bed it looks very calm, the raspberries are gowing.

The gooseberries are also growing well...

The raspberries are nice little treats on the allotment at the moment, go down and pick a few a day, beautiful sweet raspberries. I also was lucky this year and got a load of gooseberries this year..Upto now I would say we have harvested probably a pound or two of raspberries, remember this is the first year so lucky to get some.. Todays harvest:
Finally, a look out over the allotment the beans are growing well!!


Good night all, until the next time...