Posts Tagged May

Diary – May 2011

Allotment Diary

The hot dry weather continues, it’s an absolute pleasure to be gardening in shirt sleeves this early in the season. Night time frosts were forecast as a possibility in the first week, so the early potatoes were covered with straw to help protect them. This is something that is usually done as soon as they [...]

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May in the veg plot

May on the allotment or in the vegetable garden can be very frustrating, the weather can be ‘high summer one day and then ‘mid winter’ the next. Gardeners have to be on their guard to cover tender crops that will be vulnerable to any late frosts or persistent cold winds. Start as you mean to [...]

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