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.
Bumper Crop
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 my thoughts on Manure. 'Next Month' predicts what may be planted in May. 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. Last Month the milestone of 125,000 hits was reached. You can see the hitmeter in the bottom left hand corner of this page. 100,000 hits was passed on September 8th 2009 and 50,000 hits on 15 February 2008. 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 April 4,987 hits were made and in May 5,139. I am still 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.
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 2010