Thank you, it is a lovely time of year when all the hard work of winter pays off.

They do look very similar when the plants are small although the beans I grow tend to have more less rounded leaves.

Its amazing how a freshly picked strawberry in the sunshine tastes like jam, no wonder people aren't bothered about supermarket fruit when you see the difference. Definitely not complaining but we are picking at least 1kg from our home garden everyday and more from the allotment so im making alot of jam at the moment.

The recycling places around us tend to sell it in bags but if you google the local council recycling you may find it. Ours is thalia.co.uk/where-we-work/cambridgeshire/cambridgeshire/household-recycling-centres/

I have fences around most of what is planted so far so the rabbits have not caused any problems this year so far, the potato beds are currently open but once they are planted with grass clippings on they have left them alone luckily. We had a hot weekend but its back under 20 degrees now with lots of rain forecast but hopefully warm enough to start planting more out.

Thanks, we have a couple of neighbours cats that do that in our garden and try to raid the birds nests but if we keep the beds full they tend to stay off them.

Thanks, we have 2 allotments next to each other although they are not as big as traditional allotments. I have never measured the whole area but i would guess its equivalent to around 5 rods. It is a great space and I have lots of plans to make the most of the space but it does take years to learn what works and slowly update the layout.

Glad I helped, first early are the new potatoes ones that are smaller and ready earlier, seconds are a bit bigger and what we would normally use for roasts etc then main crop are the larger ones normally and the ones that are ready at the end of the season that we store and are normally are still eating up to about March the next year. You can also get some planted later often advertised as Christmas potatoes depending on your last frost dates.

Thank you, i try hard to keep it tidy so its easy to maintain and a nice place for our family to spend time. The tractor tyre has some flowers / plants in like daffodils, lavender and other things transplanted from our garden, im trying to have a few flowers around the plot amongst the vegetables for some colour. Good luck getting your own plot.

Hi the 3 barrels were left by the last plot holder and I got the IBC tank as a group purchase with some other plot holders when I first started from a local company who delivered to the allotment site. Im hoping to get another one by the end of the year ready to fill up over winter.

I have not heard of that before I will give it a try. Thanks

You can do this with a lot of big seeds as well

These are just potatoes I missed when harvesting them last year so they are growing again this year.

Thank you, sound like a nice day. It’s definitely a busy time of year.

I got my First Early spuds in a few weeks ago and my Main Crop are going in tomorrow 😱.

The day after I put mine in we got a light frost so I’m holding off a couple of weeks on the main crop but can’t wait to see them all growing in the new beds.

Isn't it so peaceful 🐦.