
Planning next year’s beds on paper
A pencil, graph paper and a pile of seed packets, and how I fit them into one plot.

October 3, 2026 · 10 min
Newsletter
A short letter every other Sunday from the allotment: what is blooming, what I sowed and one thing to try.

A pencil, graph paper and a pile of seed packets, and how I fit them into one plot.

The whole round, from watering the trays to the first cut, with the radio on.