July summer harvest
July is here and the month has begun with a welcome warm spell: perfect weather for Sue to get on with the summer harvest.
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June has got off to a damp start on Sue’s allotment, but there’s plenty to be cheerful about too.
Slugs, blackfly and weeds, not to mention the times when there’s not enough water, or those when there’s too much: sometimes gardening can feel like a never-ending battle against the forces of…
May is a time of great excitement on Sue Bradley’s allotment, from the sound of birdsong to the promise of plenty of fruit and vegetables over the coming months.
Bird song in a Gloucestershire valley was the soundtrack for a moment of reflection at a funeral I attended recently.
What made it all the more moving was that the spot in which the…
Spring is here and Sue has been making the most of the warmer weather.
One my favourite things about having an allotment is that each year is different.
Over recent weeks a spell of mild weather has brought everything on early and encouraged some creatures out…
March is here and there are definite signs of life on Sue Bradley’s wildlife-friendly allotment
This time last year the allotment was shivering under a blanket of snow, with sowing and planting delayed until April.
It’s now March 2019 and the plot seems raring to go, with seedlings…
February is here and the countdown to spring has begun on Sue’s allotment.
Our village magazine came out in January with a front cover questioning whether we would be getting any snow this winter.
Just a few days later the heavens opened and our world turned white…
Chilly but beautiful
December is here and with it comes rain, wind and frost, along with the occasional day when the rays of the low sun cast a golden glow over the allotment.
Winter time on the allotment is well spent
The race is on to clear the allotment of perennial weeds before winter sets in. Every hour spent on the soil now is worth two in the spring, and when the sun is shining, the allotment is a lovely…
New discoveries for Sue on the allotment
The hot and dry weather brings many challenges but there are some upsides as Sue Bradley discovers during daily trips to her wildlife-friendly allotment.