The allotment is nearly full now and everything is in. The full list is as follows:
1st section:
Onions, leeks, parsnips, mini sweetcorn, nasturtiums, garlic (just picked), carrots
2nd section
Peas, three types of beans, sweetcorn, two minarette pear trees, 3 blueberry plants, lavender (last three permanent), pumpkins
3rd section (permanent beds)
Raspberries, blackcurrants, rhubarb, minarette damson, minarette apple
4th section
Asparagus bed (permanent), potatoes, 1 random cauliflower that should have come up last year! Minarette apple (permanent)
5th section
Courgettes, strawberry sweetcorn, cabbages, broccoli
Sides
Strawberries, autumn raspberries, blackberries, Pinot Mernier grape vine, minarette apple
Also - at house - peppers, cucamelon, fig tree, grape vine, Meyer lemon, rocket, mini carrots, tomato
Bird update
Still possibly one occupied nest in hawthorn tree at top end, possibly house sparrows. Was a blackbird nest in side hedge. Song and Mistle thrushes have nested somewhere nearby, as have robins.
Recent sightings have included first record of a garden warbler and linnets. And - although not a good photo, this red kite has been regular, and was very low at times - calling out as well.
Unfortunately we may have a problem (although maybe the solution is pictured above!)
This was in a neighbouring allotment though I suspect that it has had a look round ours.
1st section:
Onions, leeks, parsnips, mini sweetcorn, nasturtiums, garlic (just picked), carrots
2nd section
Peas, three types of beans, sweetcorn, two minarette pear trees, 3 blueberry plants, lavender (last three permanent), pumpkins
3rd section (permanent beds)
Raspberries, blackcurrants, rhubarb, minarette damson, minarette apple
4th section
Asparagus bed (permanent), potatoes, 1 random cauliflower that should have come up last year! Minarette apple (permanent)
5th section
Courgettes, strawberry sweetcorn, cabbages, broccoli
Sides
Strawberries, autumn raspberries, blackberries, Pinot Mernier grape vine, minarette apple
Also - at house - peppers, cucamelon, fig tree, grape vine, Meyer lemon, rocket, mini carrots, tomato
Bird update
Still possibly one occupied nest in hawthorn tree at top end, possibly house sparrows. Was a blackbird nest in side hedge. Song and Mistle thrushes have nested somewhere nearby, as have robins.
Recent sightings have included first record of a garden warbler and linnets. And - although not a good photo, this red kite has been regular, and was very low at times - calling out as well.
This was in a neighbouring allotment though I suspect that it has had a look round ours.
