Simon's Allotment

If you believed the hype in the news recently on the subject of food security you'd think we were all on the verge of starvation. In fa...

Lil' green bastards.

Finally I won something. My plot is now the most environmentally friendly in the city, at least according to the judges of the Derby in Bloo...

All safely gathered in, not a bad haul and of course the most environmentally friendly spuds in the city.

Now harvesting the second row of maincrop; not as many as on the earlier rows but better than a poke in the eye.

The wet and cloudy weather held these back so now that the sun's come out I've got a glut. Should make me popular with the neighbour...

And why not:

Loads to eat from the plot despite the soggy weather: spuds, peas, carrots, french and runner beans, cabbage, tomatoes, stored garlic. I...

Cosmos and snapdragons still flowering nicely and carnations just starting to:

This is something I never seem to get around to doing enough of so I'm trying to rectify that. Love-in-a-mist Sweet rocket

I sowed this phacelia where the garlic was and it's greening up nicely:

Raspberries and blackberries:

I don't often buy plants but I couldn't resist this salvia "Blue Angel" with it's intense blue flowers.

Potentilla and lettuce (red salad bowl)

You've probably heard of the problems gardeners and allotment holders have faced after using manure contaminated with aminopyralid. Thou...

Michael Pollan on swine flu, Monsanto, GMOs, "real sugar", school lunches in America, Michelle Obama's garden, corporate land ...