New one

 Bought a poly tunnel frame and cover. The cover will do as a spare for the existing PT and the frame is now the new brassica cage. Doing it this way worked out less expensive than buying timber for a frame. The door is all re-purposed material.

End of the old brassica cage

 Lasted over 13 years, the wood was rotting but snow finally finished it off.

Garlic 2024

 Garlic didn't do so well outside this year, although tasty the cloves were too small to use for seed. Luckily the polytunnel bulbs were a good size and in the end we planted 171 cloves. Glad there was sufficient to continue the line which is 8th generation self saved, originally from supermarket stock

More Tomatoes

 

 

Taken shortly before the annual allotment competition. This year our plot was awarded second place 

Newt

 Smooth Newt, living in the pond

Rhino 8x12

 

Tulips

 

Stags Horn Fungus

 

Toms

 

Midnight Sun variety below, weighing in at just over a kilo

New Boots & Parsnips

 Parsnips are Gladiator - boots are size eleven

 

New Tunnel Cover

 The old one lasted six years but was starting to break down. Unfortunately can't get a replacement with the same door configuration so had to improvise.

Compost storage

 New bays quickly filled with compost and green leafy wood chips for rotting down. Each bay holds two cubic metres.

Hellebore

 First flower of the year

Winter Harvest

 Including last of the fresh tomatoes

Leaf Mould

 

Ten years today on plot 37

Squash harvest drying in the sun, Dazzling Blue kale and celeriac Asterix

Comedy Beetroot, Borlotti's & Courgettes

 Missed this Boltardy beetroot growing to 3kg