Simon's Allotment

I sowed these at the back end and they seem to have survived the snow and ice so today I've put up some roadwork netting to give them so...

I managed to miss the big garden birdwatch . I did see a redwing on the plot the other day but not today so it doesn't count. Such is li...

Where I cleared some of the brambles at the back of the plot I've planted a young Sweet Chestnut - Castanea "Marigoule". This ...

Now the snow's gone I can crack on with some jobs on the plot. I've pruned the apples, gooseberries, raspberries and grapes, now I...

Brambles are a great multi-purpose plant. Shelter for birds and mammals, flowers for the bees in spring and blackberries for me from summer ...

As the fence panels between me and my neighbour start coming apart I'm replacing them with a hawthorn hedge. Here I've planted a str...

A gang of us planted these stands of trees as little saplings for the council twenty-odd years ago so it's good to see them doing well. ...

Hello boys and girls. My resolutions this year are to eat more from skips and resume shoplifting . And get out more in the countryside. Sta...

So how was it for you? Check out my cool pressies: Bungee-jumping bird feeder Trailer-shaped nesting box (makes me feel all nostalgic ). Che...

I haven't shown you my air raid shelter before because it's top secret. Or possibly because up till now it was buried underneath the...

Got these in today ready for dinner tomorrow with the oldies. Forking leeks out of frozen ground... ...and carrots... ...the sprouts were a ...

Did my bit today by taking part in the BBC Breathing Places Tree O'Clock event to plant as many trees as possible between 11 and 12 o...

Coming up nicely:

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: