Too hot to work in the sun so after watering all the plants we made for the shade and had a BBQ.
Year: 2019
Flaming June!
We’ve only had a couple of sunny Saturdays as the weather has been very wet. Everyone worked very hard and we dug and prepared beds and planted tomatoes and Jerusalem artichokes.
Back to work
The rain made everything grow, especially the grass and weeds. We strimmed, dug, weeded and topped up beds with compost, then we were ready to plant. So far leeks, shallots, french beans, courgettes and an aubergine have gone in. The bean bed is surrounded with copper wire mesh to ward off slugs as metaldehyde pellets are banned at the allotment.
20.4.19 Spring Blossom
The gardeners were lucky to have beautiful sunny weather over the Easter bank holiday. All our fruit trees are in blossom, the cherry will need netting to keep the birds from taking all our crop.
There is plenty of work to do, knee-high grass and weeds everywhere, so much digging. The hot weather has made the soil very hard!
Christmas celebrations
The gardening group got together at Abbeville’s restaurant in Clapham for our annual Christmas lunch.
