Simon's Allotment

Will they or wont they? Do I care? How many of these speculators can grow a row of cabbages? Is Sarah Palin a witch? I think we should be to...

I'm picking these now; there's three trees - a cooker, an eater and a russet - although I don't know the names of the varieties.

As an experiment I've sown half a row of Nantes Frubund today, hopefully they'll get through the winter and be off to a flying start...

Still plenty to eat from the plot - carrots, cabbages, courgettes, tomatoes, raspberries, blackberries and now grapes.

These are still going strong; I used to stop them after five or six trusses but now I train them up to the top of the roof.

Well the rain finally stopped so I took the chance to dig these up. Should keep me going for a week or two.

After the astounding response to my foray into the world of American politics last week (thanks clodhopper) I thought I'd post this litt...

These are starting to put in an appearance:

So every time I put up a new post there's a sudden flurry of interest (alright the hit counter goes up a couple of notches) and quite a ...

Very peculiar weather today. The wet stuff has stopped falling out of the sky and instead there's a big hot round yellow thing up there....

I liked the separated petals on this one:

These just keep on coming:

These are a late summer variety, I haven't a clue what they're called; I started them off with a root from my mate Arther.

I've left plenty of brambles round the edge of the plot and with all the wet stuff falling from the sky the blackberries are big and swe...

Things are still ticking over nicely; I've sown the spring cabbage today. As the phacelia made such good green manure I've sown some...

I've dug up the remainder of the Pentland Javalin today, a good haul and not a trace of wireworm, so I must be doing something right:

So much to choose from at the moment: peas, french beans, cauliflower, cabbage, potatoes, carrots, tomatoes, courgettes, gooseberries, rasp...