Simon's Allotment

On the winter digging: Spreading compost... ...and digging it in:

Stephanie McMillan

Proper autumn now, not that you'd know it from the balmy weather and yes, global bloody capitalists, I still blame you more than ever. H...

The path down the middle of the plot gets muddy in winter so I've put down some recycled slabs: Cool eh? Very structural.

Still enjoying these before the frost cuts them down:

Bees enjoying the last cosmos flowers:

Spinach, the last of the primo cabbages and pak choi:

The plum tree suckers in the orchard were becoming trees in themselves so I've taken them out to let in more light to my growing areas. ...

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 ...

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

Still going strong:

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

Looking forward to these.

Primo cabbage:

So yellow.

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...

Colchicum: Fuchsia magellanica "versicolour": Sedum:

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...