Pomps Patch #11

Remember in my last post we had all those plums from our fruit trees? Well the last couple of weeks the apple trees were ready for dropping/picking. We ended up with carrier bags full of apples, and another bag of plums, with more to come from both trees. So far I've made two crumbles with the apples and blackberries that I foraged, with more in the freezer ready to go. I do love a crumble. I kind of wish the plums hadn't tasted so nice otherwise they might have made it into jam.

One thing there has been plenty of at Pomps Patch is wildlife. Every time we pull up some old carpet we find frogs/toads/slow worms, and there have been some beautiful caterpillars too. Caterpillars destroy fruit and veg so technically are the enemy, but when they're this beautiful I can't bring myself to kill them. These guys were moved to the safety of the park, away from my crops!! With all this damp weather I have never seen so many snails and slugs, these slimy buggers are EVERYWHERE. I have touched too many with my bear hands than I'd care to think about lately.

Sarah

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Pomps Patch #10

It's been all systems go up at the allotment lately! The few things we have have been ready for harvest so we've have plenty of plums, onions, garlic and beans to fill our bellies with. The tomatoes are getting bigger by the day and finally starting to ripen, and there is colour everywhere, it's pretty great. 

We'd made a start on putting fresh liner down between the beds and covering over what we have already dug up. Eventually we will have gravel on the pathways between the beds, I say eventually because it turns out £20/10 bags of gravel doesn't actually go that far so it will be a work in progress. 

 

My favourite thing about the allotment over the past month has been the colours of the flowers on ours and our neighbours plots, but more so the sound of the bees buzzing around, doing their thing. 

 

  

 

I'm kind of glad we're in September now, it'll be nice to spend long days up at the allotment without the heat forcing us to take too many breaks or retreat to the chairs. There is a lot to do, particularly planning for winter veg and getting seeds in the ground, but it's exciting nonetheless. 

How are my fellow allotmenters/gardeners getting on? 

Sarah

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