Simon's Allotment

Saturday, 19 September 2009

Still here

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I know I haven't posted for a while but I'm still here; I even let the anniversary of 9-11 go by without comment. Apparently it was ...
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Green shoots

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No not the mythical economic recovery but spinach for autumn greens:

Cosmos

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Carnations

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Still going strong:

Last row of peas

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These always get mildew at this time of year but the peas inside are just fine.

Carrots and leeks

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Sprouts

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Looking forward to these.

More autumn greens

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Primo cabbage:

My favourite colour snap

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So yellow.

New toy

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My juicer arrived today. Or rather I had to make a 25-mile round trip to collect it - thank you bloody CityLink. So it's just as well it...

Garden this weekend

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Colchicum: Fuchsia magellanica "versicolour": Sedum:

Best news yet

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Here's something you didn't already know. The news is my lovely girl's got a tiny lickle baby in her tummy. Which means that som...
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Sunday, 30 August 2009

Not starving

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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...
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Cabbage white caterpillars

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Lil' green bastards.

Plums and apples

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Grapes

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Snapdragons and carnations

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Saturday, 15 August 2009

About time too

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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...
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Maincrop spuds

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

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