Simon's Allotment

Time at last to sow some seeds in the greenhouse. Today it's the turn of the cabbages, sweet peas, tomatos, snapdragons and a couple of ...

I sowed these in the greenhouse about three weeks ago. Today they're ready to go out in the coldframe to be hardened off for a week, nex...

Apparently it's Mothering Sunday, so I've been round to the old gals for a bit of mothering but she was out, probably round at one m...

I've been trying to get to the source of where this raised bed nonsense started and I think I may have found it: Mel tells us he's ...

Today I wanted to dig over the ground where my spuds will be going so I lifted the carrots which were in the way and put them to store in a ...

I stored my carrots in a box of kiln-dried sand left over from a landscaping job. Sharp (concreting) sand would be just as good. I rubbed th...

Debunking The Raised Bed Myth: In Defence Of Traditional Organic Methods. For some reason it seems to be the convention these days to advis...

The fresh growth on the top of the brussels make a welcome addition to the pot at this time of the year when there's nothing else in the...

My asparagus crowns arrived today from Kings Seeds , only a quid each and they came with excellent planting and aftercare instructions. In p...

Lovely sunny dry day today so I've been out there doing some more digging, as you do. It's tempting when the weather's like this...

I started digging late last year and have been carrying on on and off when the ground's been dry enough. I've dug in compost where m...

The garlic I planted in the autumn has come up nicely:

I'll add to and update these as the season goes on, same as last year. Antirrhinum "Crown Mixed" - 1/2 seedtray sown in greenh...

Still plenty for the table - sprouts, carrots and leeks:

Today I've mostly been keeping warm by spinning round on my computer chair to eight different versions of It's Your Thing , courtesy...

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Some seasonal advice from the food standards agency :