At last we've made it. The weekend I crave for every year from January onwards. British Summer Time started on Sunday. The clocks went back, or forward, I'm never quite sure. What matters is we have our light evenings back. We can start to feel like our daylight hours aren't spent entirely on earning our mortgage payments. Sure, in the early weeks we may have to experience a few freezing barbecues. We will also had to get up an hour earlier, for me this was easily countered for by having a suitably...erm...exciting Saturday night which required a very early Sunday night in bed. Not to mention a reasonably boozy Sunday afternoon But the most important factor, for the purposes of this blog, is that we can get down the allotment in the evening, de-stress and start growing.
So, what do we need to consider at the start of the season? Having dug over a significant chunk of my plot on Saturday I can confirm that the first thing to consider is a good pair of gardening gloves, the second thing is to remember to take them with you. The third thing, which I will try to remember for next year, is never combine fresh lemon juice with burst blisters.
So the next thing you need to think about is what to grow. Personally I try to grow a combination of what I like with a couple of spectacular items, pumpkins being a favourite, big pumpkins ideally.
Anyway, the nights are drawing in, this is a long overdue entry and I need to catch up and write a million blog's in one day, just like that song.