Monday 1 January 2007
Weather : Mild with blustery showers.
Spent a couple of hours double digging on plot 2b.

Tuesday 2 January 2007
Weather : Sunny spells. Strong NW wind.
Day off at the seaside.

Wednesday 3 January 2007
Weather : Mild. Overcast. Drizzle.
Managed to collect some fresh horse dung for the compost bins.

Thursday 4 January 2007
Weather : Mild. Overcast. Light showers. Cooling wind.
No work.

Friday 5 January 2007
Weather : Mild. Overcast. Scotch mist.
Dug some more of plot 2b. Sent off my main seed order to Marshalls.

Saturday 6 January 2007
Weather : Mild. Overcast. Heavy showers later.
Dug some more of plot 2b.

Sunday 7 January 2007
Weather : Mild. Overcast. Some wind. Heavy rain later.
Completed plot 2b. Sowed some early seeds in pots at home - Broad beans (Giant Exhibition Longpod), Spring cabbage (Greyhound) & Cauliflower (Snowball A).

Monday 8 January 2007
Weather : Mild. Overcast then rain and squally wind.
Started to clear and compost some of the larger weeds on plot 1. Started double digging plot 2b but was rained off. The birds seem to be singing loudly declaring their terretory so they must think it is spring already.

Tueday 9 January 2007
Weather : Mild. Overcast then rain and strong squally wind.
Completed a trench of double digging plot 2c left over from yesterday. Finished clearing plot 1 of larger weeds and composted them. Noticed that Dandelions are coming into bloom and chickweed has already gone to seed due to the mild weather. Bought my seed potatoes.

Wednesday 10 January 2007
Weather : Early showers giving way to sunshine. Becoming chilly.
Double dug another trench in plot 2c. Collected some fresh horse dung and topped up the compost bins. Had a five-minute chat with adjacent allotment holders. Keeping an eye on the flooding in the field next to the allotments. Put the seed trays into the conservatory overnight.

Thursday 11 January 2007
Weather : Gale force squally gusts. Showers clearing. Mild.
Collected 12 bags of rotted stable manure and delivered it to plots 2b & c. Put the seed trays back out. First Broad Bean shoot has appeared - three days to germinate.

Friday 12 January 2007
Weather : Windy. Showers. Mild.
Dug a section of plot 1 - one spit deep to turn in the weeds. Collected another 12 bags of rotted stable manure.

Saturday 13 January 2007
Weather : Overcast. Light showers. Mild turning colder.
Delivered the manure to the allotment and bumped it out into position. Put the seed potatoes into trays in the garage to chit. Brought the seed trays in overnight as low temperatures forecast.

Sunday 14 January 2007
Weather : Overcast. Dry. Cool.
Dug some more of plot 1. Spread dung on the remainder of plots 2b and 2c. Dug the last of the Salsify and cut the first Brussels Sprouts plant which had been late maturing due to the poor conditions last year. The sprouts have all blown so we used the like spring greens. Had a chat with a new couple who are starting their allotment today. Sprayed the weeds on the centre path between plots 1 and 2

Monday 15 January 2007
Weather : Sunny but cool.
Dug some more of plot 1.

Tuesday 16 January 2007
Weather : Rain. Mild.
No work today due to bad weather.

Wednesday 17 January 2007
Weather : Heavy rain giving way to sunshine. Cooler.
Dug more of plot 1 and top dressed with stable manure. Picked some leaf beet and Brussels. Cleared perishable items from the shed floor as the flooding in the adjacent field is getting close.

Thursday 18 January 2007
Weather : Gales. Rain. Mild.
No work today due to bad weather.

Friday 19 January 2007
Weather : Red sunrise. Sunny and mild.
Completed digging plot 1. Cleared the row of French parsley leaving a couple of plants for use. Picked a couple of drumhead cabbages. My seed order arrived from Marshalls.

Saturday 20 January 2007
Weather : Heavy overnight rain. Sunny but cold wind.
Dug back and trimmed the edges of plots 1 and 2. Noticed that my cabbage and cauliflower seedlings have just emerged, two weeks after sowing. The Broad bean seeds have not progressed at all since the first shoot appeared ten days ago.

Sunday 21 January 2007
Weather : Light overnight rain. Cold wind. Temperatures dropping
Pruned and tidied the fruit bushes. Tidied and retied the raspberries. Brought my Broad bean and cabbage seed trays into the conservatory as a spell of cold weather is forecast. I also have a tray of Lettuce (All the Year Round) seedlings which I started off in late autumn.

Monday 22 January 2007
Weather : Sunny. Icy north wind.
Day off today - painting the house.

Tuesday 23 January 2007
Weather : Frost. Biting cold wind.
Pruned and tidied the loganberries. Picked some leaf beet and cabbage.

Wednesday 24 January 2007
Weather : Ground wet from overnight snow. Cold wind. Sunny intervals
Collected and delivered some fresh horse dung for the composts. Sent off an order for additional seeds from Dobies. The Broad bean seeds look a bit more interested in sprouting since they were put indoors.

Thursday 25 January 2007
Weather : Frost. Sunny. Less cold
Collected and delivered a carload of stable manure. Picked some leaf beet and sprouts.

Friday 26 January 2007
Weather : Frost. Dull. Less cold
Top dressed the stable manure on plot 1.

Saturday 27 January 2007
Weather : Sunny spells. Less cold.
Picked some leaf beet and cabbage.

Sunday 28 January 2007
Weather : Dull. Cool breeze.
Double dug a trench on plot 2c. Chatted with some new starters on the allotments.

Monday 29 January 2007
Weather : Dull. Cool breeze.
Double dug a trench on plot 2c - one more to go!

Tuesday 30 January 2007
Weather : Dull. Not so cold.
Opened up the last trench on plot 2c but could not dig the bottom spit as I have run out of stable manure. Used the cultivator tool on plot 3a - very impressed with it - not bad for £1 from the tip. Later in the day I spotted a couple of children up to no good on the allotments but they quickly ran off when I approached them. They had been into my shed but I could not see any damage or loss there or elsewhere. [Found out later in the week that they had actually broken into sheds further over on the allotments.]

Wednesday 31 January 2007
Weather : Sunny and warm.
Collected some fresh horse dung and topped up the compost bins. Signs that the frogs are starting to mate in the wetlands in the next field.