Hi, if you grow or want to grow vegetables & fruit organically then this is the site for you. I have an allotment with raised beds (about four feet wide) so I never walk on the soil. I do not have edging boards since I discovered they just provided a hidey hole for slugs. Having raised beds helps me to rotate the crops to keep the ground free from disease.
A Veritable Feast
I keep my plot chemical free, partly because it's healthier but also because the produce tastes so good, especially when freshly picked. Experts say to keep the time from picking to cooking short with corn, asparagus and peas, but it's true of everything.
My allotment is alive with flowers which attract insects, mainly Pot Marigolds and Californian Poppies. I have moderated the excesses of my early years when I think I was known as the "Flower Man", but the overall appearance is still rather chaotic compared to most. I am also attracted to the idea of companion planting. Sceptics seem to wish to challenge its effectiveness, but I think that anything that looks and feels more natural has got to be beneficial and at the very least can't do any harm.
Californian Poppies
'This Month' is what I shall plant if the weather permits. 'Dig This' is news of me getting a mention by Lia Leendertz on the Blog of the Guardian, together with an update of the behaviour of the Committee on my Allotment who have caused the problem to which Lia alludes, and pictures of the Horsetail which makes cultivating my new plot so difficult and time consuming. 'Next Month' predicts what may be planted in July. My ideas about individual vegetables may be accessed in the 'Vegetable Guide'.
I hope you like my website. I update it each month with fresh information and photos. 50,000 hits was reached on 15 February 2008.You can see the hitmeter in the bottom left hand corner of this page. 80,000 hits were recorded on 12 March 2009 and 85,000 on 17 April. 100,000 should be reached in early September. On March 1st 2009 a record number of hits for one day was recorded: 172. This was surpassed on 8 March (181),22 March ( 221) and June 15 (224). Someone googled 'How to start an Allotment' on 24 March and digmyplot was 1st out of 1,620,000. Other recent top googlings were harvesting red onions (1 - 10 of 2,510,000) and companion planting chart(1 - 10 of about 663,000).
In the month of April the site received 4,603 hits, with 12% of these returning visitors. I am in the process of reorganizing the website so some pages are in the old format. I love to receive e mails, just click on Walter to send one. May your plot grow with you in the coming months.
Hi, if you grow or want to grow vegetables & fruit organically then this is the site for you. I have an allotment with raised beds (about four feet wide) so I never walk on the soil. I do not have edging boards since I discovered they just provided a hidey hole for slugs. Having raised beds helps me to rotate the crops to keep the ground free from disease.
Next update August 1st 2009