Snow at the allotment
It has been a long time since we have had #snow here in South Manchester.
Snow at the allotment How much time does an allotment take? Part two
In July I decided to spend a couple of weeks recording the time we spent at the plot and the proportion of time spent of different activities. We spent an average of 11.6 hours on activities related to the allotment per week.
One of our fellow plotholders volunteered to do a similar audit, so here is a comparison for a bit of fun!5 allotment tasks for the Christmas holiday
Do you have a few days annual leave between Christmas and New Year and fancy spending a few hours at the plot? For us, autumn and winter are very important preparation times. In an ideal world if you have a tidy, and planned out, plot going into spring it makes a #kitchengarden much easier to manage!
Dried bean harvests and our beany plans for 2021
In planning for the 2020 growing season we posted a discussion about growing beans for drying. We have always grown Borlotti and Butter beans; saving own our seed, but we decided it would be a great challenge to see if we could expand our range grown on our plot in Manchester!
2020 harvests of dried beans