September

So, here we are. I have no idea how many weeks it has been now because the initial thrill has worn off and now it's just about wanting to do too much, weeds growing like mad and rain.

That's not totally true. The bit about wanting to do too much is. I understand why people section their plots into raised beds or small areas now. It's easier to go to the allotment to deal with one thing than it is to try to do the whole thing.

It has rained a lot so I went to the allotment a few days ago having not been down for roughly two weeks. The weeds were having a field day! I weeded the areas that have plants in them. On Saturday I went back and weeded, then dug over, the back half of the plot. Today I went back and sowed the mustard seed in the back half.

Also picked our first chillies today. Too hot for me! They won't be lasting much longer. The tomatoes look like they've been a bit of a disaster but it was worth a try. The cabbages are doing OK. The broccoli are not. The leeks are doing OK. The rhubarb is trying to get established: time will tell if it will or not. I really hope it does because I want to cook my own rhubarb crumble!

I had grand plans to get all the dying weeds at the back into the compost bin and put spring bulbs next to it. That hasn't happened yet. Will move the strawberries from our balcony to the allotment in a few weeks. Have another 12 strawberry plants coming in October which will join them. But where to put them? Already trying to decide what will go where in Spring even though it's many months away.

Not sure there will be much to update over winter. My aim will be to weed every couple of weeks so it's not overgrown and messy in Spring.