From Storm Arwen to the end of the year 2021

 Our first full year came to a close with the possibility of everything being blown away, a category red storm was heading our way and although we were on the edge of the red zone it still didn't fill us with much confidence. Expectation was for devastation and heart break, as it wouldn't have been just the issue of replacing what we had as all things can be replaced. But! it would have been seeing the memories being scattered around the allotment. Our lass is much more sensible and pragmatic in her approach, we would have just re built, at least it would have been nature and not vandals our lass said. Fortunately our green man which is hung over the shed doorway protected us, unlike a lot of our neighbours who had seen fences down, broken glass in green houses and whole polytunnels skip down an allotment or five from its original position. We were very lucky to escape unscathed.

Here is a pictorial catch up of things we have been doing till the end of 2021

We made use of the gates our lass found and planters in position

Our lass put down a little path

Fence on one side getting sorted, new posts in and the free edging our lass sourced making a really good divide.

Our lass wanted a bird table which the robin could get to, this is my interpretation of one using off cuts.

Our Guardian of the allotment

It hasn't been very wintry, a rare bit of snow up at the allotment

Our Christmas display, don't know why I didn't take a photo, but we did add baubles to the tree.

Christmas day down the allotment, our lass would like to note that we did have food as well.

Our present from Father Christmas, well technically it was down by the exchange point in the allotment where people put things they don't want. But It was Christmas day and a good find, so lets not spoil things with reality, Thank you Father Christmas we will continue to be good in 2022.

Determined indetermination

 We have been up to the allotment over the past few days, our lass has been very busy moving her babies along from one tray to the next, hardening off in the cold frame, also making the cold frame as mouse proof as possible. I on the other hand have been a bit lax with posting on here and thought a slight change is in order. We can still post about our adventures down our allotment but drop the day (number) part. Almost seems like a diary from prison or in a far flung land waiting for salvation, when the allotment itself continues to be our salvation.

The title comes from not always knowing everything in life, it seems potatoes and tomatoes for that matter can be determinate (make all their tubers or fruits in one level above the originating seed tuber or all in one go in the case of tomatoes or they can be indeterminate which means they grow tubers or fruits along the main stem of the plant. With potatoes you can continually earth up and in theory get as many levels of potatoes as the stem grows up the tower you grow them in. Tomatoes will have ripened fruit at the bottom and graduations of its fruit as you work the way to the top of the plant. Didn't know this little fact and slightly annoyed when you watch most of the gardening programmes talking about earthing up and getting more from the crop. This explains when viewing neighbouring allotments and they have several buckets already full of soil with the new potato inside. You learn something new all the time so will help with formulating the growing of potatoes for next year.

Our lass spotted a green man plaque on a recent trip to the garden centre, Wiki info on Green Man all about the green man / woman, I could write waffle but why not follow the link to wiki. It looks good and hopefully bring us good fortunes for the year ahead.

Our new plaque

Our lasses full green house

We need the frosts to go, so our lass can plant.

Will it be beat it or bye bye baby for the beetroot

One potato, Two potato, Three potato, more. Well 14 rows and 4 grey buckets and a recycling bucket. Potatoes are more than sorted.