
Plot 17 – The Earthly Comforts Garden Season Three – Plot 17 Growing Season April – September 2023 The Allotment Plotters Directory |
The light at the end of the tunnel … |
The journey is never ending. There’s always gonna be growth, improvement, adversity; you just gotta take it all in and do what’s right, continue to grow, continue to live in the moment. Antonio Brown |

Mr Cheeky |
June has been a busy month, and considering we are only seven days in, that is saying a lot. The last time Suze and l worked hard at the allotment was last weekend. They were gruelling hours and long days. The weekend was physically demanding and tiring. We should be back there later this afternoon or tomorrow and back next weekend. We are nearly there regarding the last of the crops. We still have a few things to plant out homegrown, as in what we planted seed-wise, and we will have a few trays of plants arriving that l ordered way back in March. Plus, this week, sometime, we need to visit the local nursery and purchase some grown-on courgettes and butternut squash plants to replace the ones damaged by the northeasterly winds we have been experiencing for the last few weeks. The new ones will be protected by the Bells l have bought. I ordered a few trays of plugs back in March, and they were delayed by poor weather last month but are due to arrive this coming week—the plants have a good selection and some beautiful wildflowers. We either needed more of the vegetables in addition to our own or to give us a head start on other vegetables. Suze, l know, will be thrilled when all the plugs we have are in the soil, as it takes a long time to plant out seedlings. There are other things we need to get on with on the allotment and not just planting. The last of the plus will have calabrese, rainbow chard, wild rocket, and a host of dwarf beans and both sugar snap and Kelvedon peas alongside the previously mentioned wildflower plugs, which have a vibrant selection present, such as cornflower, poppy, yarrow and knapweed to name a few. Hopefully, the polytunnel will be erected this coming weekend as well, and once done, l can order the fruit cage so that we can plant the fruit trees and bushes out in situ. The last major construction will be the water station, but l will be ecstatic when all the planting and the building works are completed, so l know all too well how Suze is feeling. I have written this before, l don’t regret taking the allotment on board, but it has been one helluva slog! But the light at the end of the tunnel is nearing. I don’t take many photos of the allotment anymore because everything changes quickly. But l do still take actual progression shots like the one displayed below. I am looking forward to the usual run-of-the-mill chores that l have passions for, like composting and worm farming, as a lot has changed significantly on those levels – such as the wild worm farms and herding as well developing my own earthworm food – l would like to manage as well as write about the other aspects of allotmenteering and hopefully get back to photography a bit, especially with the likes of our cheeky resident blackbird. That will come when we can sit down and take a breather and enjoy the fruits of our labours and not feel so exhausted all the time. Till then, this is how the allotment is currently looking. |







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