I had better start with an appology this week I don’t know where all my time went last week! The presentation evening on Monday night went well and was an enjoyable event, but I don’t know what happened to the rest of the week apart from the time spent on the allotment.

The mild weather has managed to keep many things growing but not producing except for in the tunnel where all the winter crops are doing very well. The carrots are growing into a useful size, the spinach is begining to make more leaves and the spring cabbage are becoming a nice size.

Outside on the plot I have pulled up the climbing beans and removed the cane supports before digging and manuring the area. That means that I now have a complete plot, i.e. beds 6 and 8 dug and manured. I have spread a layer of last years leaf mould over the flower bed between beds 6 and 8 this is allnow ready for next years plans.

The frost two weeks ago finished off the courgetes so I have pulled them up and dug the ground over. Tunnel 2 has now finished producing crops, so it is ready to be cleared and prepared for next year, waiting for a rainy day.

This week I have re-felted the new shed roof and hope to give it a coat of paint oprotect it for another year or two. The carrot bed has been cleared and the carrots stored, the frame now needs taking down and the area digging. The asparagus ferns have turned brown and they have been cut down to ground level so that I can mulch the area.

JOBS FOR THE WEEK

1. Remove carrot frame -done
2. Lift and store beetroot – Done
3. Clear other old roots and store the best – Done
4. Dig over root bed
5. Clear tunnel 2 – Done

WORK DONE THIS WEEK

SUNDAY

1. Felt shed roof
2. Dig up carrots and store
3. cut down asparagus and weed bed

MONDAY

1. Water
2. weed tunnel 1
3. weed carrot bed

TUESDAY

1. Lift and store beetroot
2. Tidy up roots that are too smal 

WEDNESDAY

1. Clear tunnel 2 of cucmbers, melons and tomatoes

THURSDAY

1. Finish clearing and weeding tunnel 2 

FRIDAY

1. Water tunnel 1
2. Weed root bed ready for digging 

SATURDAY

1. Lift remainder of root crops and store
2. Start digging root bed 

CROPS PICKED THIS WEEK

1. Sprouts
2. Celery
3. Carrots
4. Cabbage
5. Chillies
6. Aubergine
7. Leeks
8. Swede
9. Turnip