was dry and sunny so I went to the plot after lunch for an hour or two and did some plotting.  I cut back all the dead flower heads and stems on the sedums to ground level, then added them to the c…

and both clumps of crocuses are now flowering.  By the dog rose are the white Snow Bunting and on the main flower patch are the yellow Romance.       The later have a silvery sheen to the backs of …

I think that I was being rather optimistic in my post last Sunday as I still haven’t been able to any plotting, and it doesn’t look like I will a while yet. Although it has been mostly …

I’ve only been to the plot once so far this week as there’s been plenty of rain.  I had a look round but the ground is too soggy to do anything.  The outlook through into next week does…

I’ve got twenty main crop potato Desiree  plants on the plot which I haven’t touched yet as I’m waiting for the foliage to die back. They’ve had plenty of water, and I&#8217…

On Monday and Tuesday mornings I was pleased to spend a few hours plotting again, which certainly made a welcome change. I  roughly forked over the area where I’d grown the first early potato…

to say that the mystery plant has been identified as a Common nipplewort (Lapsana communis). Thanks especially to Cathy who mentioned it and showed a picture in her blog post More is More!   &…

Bank Holiday weekend weatherwise being overcast with some rain and rather windy at times.  The rain overnight Friday to Saturday was welcome, and much needed, and it will have saved me having to wa…