Grow Your Own Fruit and Vegetables: Early February on the Allotment, the Vegetable Plot.

Monday, 4 February 2013

Early February on the Allotment, the Vegetable Plot.

Now is a good time to tidy the plot ready for the planting time.

If the soil is wet and water logged try to keep to the paths or stand on wide wooden planks to work.

Why?

Soil structure is important and you do not want to compact it down.
You can use a long handled hoe, rake to similar method to deal with any emerging weeds.
If you have to choose where to work first tidy the bit that will be the place you sow or plant your earliest vegetables.
Add your home made compost to any areas that you know will need it.

I have to thank my wonderful husband for all the time and effort he put into helping me get the allotment 'in order'. As on my own it had been impossible to lay paths and clear some of the deep rooted brambles that we had on the plot.

Eventually with his help, we got to the stage where it had paths and looked like a real allotment. Together we created a place that was a timeless place, an escape from the modern world.

Thank you, for all your time and hard work and also for sharing my enthusiasm for digging up the first new potatoes of the year.

Grow Your Own Fruit and Vegetables

Growing Your Own Fruit and Vegetables

Monday, 4 February 2013

Early February on the Allotment, the Vegetable Plot.

a healthy potato plant in flower

home grown carrots.. grown from seed

Even a small batch of mixed fruit can be useful