How to Grow Carrots
Carrots are a staple of the allotment — sweet, crisp, and colourful when home-grown. They prefer light, stone-free soil, steady moisture, and minimal disturbance. With staggered sowings, you can enjoy them from early summer right through to winter.…
How to Grow Runner Beans
Runner beans are one of the allotment’s great rewards — decorative, high-yielding, and delicious. They need warm soil, rich organic matter, and regular watering. January 🧤 Plan and prepare Choose varieties: traditional tall types (Rhondda Black,…
Illness One-upmanship & Accidents Will Happen
Full day on the homestead.
Future Plans and Changing Buildings
The hot weather had suddenly disappeared but despite the cold there are tasks to be completed.
Would You Eat This Food Combination?
It certainly feels like a strange food combination but it works, for me.
So it’s April, not March
First week of April 2026 but I keep forgetting that it isn’t March anymore.
Relaxing in the Potting Shed
The first day of April and Sean is potting around the shed and discovers that his friend is a flower.
Walking around The Rusty Homestead in April
April 2026 and a gentle walk around the allotment garden homestead.
Always Said I’d Never Have One
Last day of March and there is a massive leap forward at The Rusty Homestead and not only with the unexpected hot day. First Tunnels https://www.firsttunnels.co.uk/
Unexpected Emotional Moment
On the spur of the moment I head to Bryngarw Country Park when an unexpected moment brings back a flood of memories.
