The allotment in January

I visited the allotment in January, but unfortunately there was not much we could do at this time as the ground was hard and the frosts were still occurring.

My allotment

Last year I aquired an allotment locally.  My plan is to hopefully become self sufficient in vegetables this season. I have never done anything like this before, but with the help of my sister we shall see what we can create and grow.

When I took over the allotment it was overgrown with long grass and weeds. We cut this back to reveal a bed of strawberries, from which we had a few fruit at the end of last season.

At the end of last season we made several raised beds and planted some onions, leeks and garlic. We hope to harvest these in early summer. As we spend more time up there, as the weather becomes clearer, I hope to keep updating posts like this as a record of our progress and share any problems or triumphs we have over the forthcoming year.

I will keep you posted :)