Simon's Allotment

No gardening for me at the weekend as I flitted over to Jersey to see the lovely girl. Lovely jubbly time on the beach and here and there. N...

It hasn't all been beer and skittles: I picked the first broad beans a week ago and since then they've been coming thick and fast. L...

Blue verbena Pink verbena Erigeron White foxgloves

Happy solstice and all that. It's all happening, the new potatoes and peas are ready for the eating so what with the last of the spring ...

In this one are the leeks, the next lot of cabbages, broccoli for next spring and winter cabbage: And in this one is what's left of the ...

Support put up today. They may not look like much now but just you wait.

The row in the middle are the earlies which are just starting to flower; to each side are the rows of maincrop which are already flowering. ...

Yea peas, ready for eating at last. Successional sowings:

Coming along nicely:

So the garlic's still rusty, it's not like it's going to get better and there's nothing I can do about it. I'm loathe to...

Lovely weather for it. Some cold nights mind. Not so much to do now other than watch things grow. I've picked the first strawberries and...

I sowed these in a trough in the greenhouse back in March, moving them outside when it got warmer.

Campanula Geranium Patricia White Love-In-The-Mist

Finally managed to get hold of a dvd of the programme from last year which features our site. It's a piece on frugal living for the regi...

No not Gordon Brown, it's me this time. I hadn't sussed that actually I had been nominated for a bloggywog award , for my posts abou...

Apparently it's going to rain all weekend which is just as well after all the recent hot weather. Also just as well that I skanked the a...

Geranium "Brookside" Geranium "that pink one" Geranium "that blue one" Scabious