2020 has been a warm year so far. We saw spring temperatures in February, summer temperatures in March and April and, during August, we have recently experienced a heatwave reaching over 30 Degrees Celsius for the last two weeks. As I sit here writing this blog post, the weather is finally breaking. The sky is…
Tag: summer
5 Reasons to grow Potatoes in Grow Bags
I’ve always grown potatoes in beds either at home or at my old allotments. I love growing potatoes but starting them off has still required quite a bit of work and taken up a lot of space. Most years, I lose a few to pests and blight. I have persisted with growing potatoes because they…
Mid July
July is normally a good month here in Norfolk, UK. This year has seen amazing weather but I can’t remember the last time it rained, I think it was over a month ago. Watering is the biggest task on the allotment and back home in the garden. The dry spell means slugs and snails are…
Planting down the allotment
It’s been a while since I have managed to get down the allotment and I have a few things I need to plant out. All of the rain and the warm weather means I have a lot of weeding to do.
VLog 4 – Onions
I finally got round to finishing my latest Vlog to accompany my last blog. This episode is all about onions.
Harvesting Onions
Today is the first major harvest of this year; onions. I love to use onions in a lot of my cooking at home. They cost around £0.16 loose for white onions or £0.21 for a red onion at the local supermarket. With the ability to store for 2-3 months and to have a crop up…
Spring moving into summer
Spring has moved into summer but forgotten to tell the weather. Dark clouds brings rain making gardening far less enjoyable but the plants don’t seem to mind. However, as the days go by we have been treated to glorious sunshine as a promise of the weather to come. Now the average temperature has improved most…
My Gardening Journey 