Here's a quick update on the Super Composter trial that I'm participating in for the folks at SoilFixer this year.
Super Composter Trial – July 2019 Update
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Growbag Trial: the Tomatoes Are In
This year I’m trialling the new SylvaGrow Peat-Free Planter from Melcourt, one of which I was very kindly sent for the purpose.
Last weekend I set the planter up in the allotment greenhouse, alongside a control / comparison in the form of a bog-standard growbag...
Super Composter Trial: Filling the Bins
This growing season I’m trying out the Super Composter – a new hot composting system from the folks at SoilFixer – and having set up the Super Composter very quickly and easily at the weekend, today I filled both it and the control bin with the first load of compostables.
Man vs. Bindweed
It's that time of year when, unfortunately, our plot neighbour's bindweed patch really hits its stride. Here's my latest attempt to combat the pernicious perennial, or the start of one at least...
Meet the Plot #59 Composter Squad
Over the past few years we've salvaged from skips, scrounged, been given, or even bought (just the one, as it happens) a handy selection of plastic compost bins. Here's the current line-up:
How To: (Hopefully) Prevent an Orchard Aphid Nightmare
I think 2019 is shaping up to be the Year of the Aphid. It seems like the sap-sucking pests are everywhere at the moment: all over the Aqualegias in the back garden, on the onion seedlings in the greenhouse and in a particular nasty manifestation, infesting one or two of the trees in the Plot #79 allotment orchard...
Super Composter Trial: Setup
As I mentioned recently, I’m trialling the Super Composter – a new hot composting system from the folks at SoilFixer - and Saturday was setup day down on Plot #59.
A Simple (and Stink-Free) Recipe for Comfrey Tea
Comfrey tea, or comfrey fertiliser, is an all-organic, easy to make plant food that provides excellent nutrition, especially for flowering and fruiting plants.
When I make comfrey tea I use a method that was told to me by no-dig guru Charles Dowding and it goes something like this...
Allotment Trials and Tests – Two for 2019
I have to admit, I can be a bit of a magpie when it comes to new growing methods, plants and products. Over the past few years I've sown or planted and attempted to grow all sorts of new and intriguing food crops (oca, yacon, Chinese artichoke, cucamelons, tomatilloes, goji berries, wonderberries, to name but a few...)
Allotment Jobs for May 2019
We've had a soggy old start to the month, but never mind. The ground could do with a soaking, and there's drier weather ahead, according to the forecast.
Here's our general action plan for May, once the weather sorts itself out a bit...