As the weather is warming up we are seeing more and more green at the allotment and at the home garden.
This year’s allotment plan is to grow more of what we enjoy and leave out the crops that we either didn’t enjoy or didn’t fare very well for one reason or another. Click here to see our full allotment planting plan.
In the home garden, the fruit trees are all sprouting leaves and blossoms are opening on the cherry tree and the pear tree. I’m hoping for our first cherries and kiwi fruits this year. We had a good number of apples from our two young trees last year, but they were all pretty small, so I will be reducing the numbers of fruit on the trees this year and hope for bigger juicier fruit.
We are growing organically because we believe it’s best for the environment and best for us. It is an adventure where we are constantly learning about natural pest control, encouraging useful insects in the garden and how to beat diseases like rust, blight and club-root, all of which we encountered in 2005. Knowing what preventative measures to take, and what to look out for is proving a valuable skill in helping us get more from our allotment and garden every year.
