Simon's Allotment

Busy for most of the weekend out on the plot, which is how it should be at this time of year; if I don't get my finger out now I'll ...

When seedlings have made a nice root system in their modules they need potting on. I reckon it's worth sieving the compost when you do t...

I've stopped growing rows of lettuce on the plot, it's not as if I've got thirteen kids to feed or anything and they're a ma...

Joe was one of the first people I met on the site when I first started my plot back in 1999. He was helping Alan, the elderly chairman of th...

I planted my onion sets in modules in an open coldframe about five weeks ago when the ground on the plot was still wet and cold. Now that th...

I like to use a proper sowing compost for sowing little seeds; regular multi-purpose is fine for bigger seeds and for pricking out and potti...

I prepare the seed bed for these the same as for the peas, except that I use the rake to create as fine a tilth as possible for the little c...

I sow these by firstly putting down a line and taking out a trench a couple of inches deep with a spade like this: Then watering the bottom ...

It's been bitterly cold this last week, that nagging easterly wind has been sending me wapppy. It's not quite so bad today and the f...

I'll keep updating these as the season goes on. Antirrhinum "Crown Mixed" - Sown in greenhouse 19.4, 1/2 seed tray. Pricked ou...

Here we go again... And here I am, I've moved over to blogger as I might be changing my internet service provider and so will lose my we...

Durham Early:

Sprouting Early Purple Red Arrow: White Sprouting:

We've had a mild autumn until this week, there's even a few dahlias still in flower but the cold has really arrived these last few...

Acidanthera - Planted out 10.6. Antirrhinum "Freesong F1" - Sown in greenhouse 6.4, 1/2 seed tray. Pricked out 28.4 to medium mo...