Simon's Allotment

Lovely weekend again, blossom out on the plum tree, busy busy on the plot. What we really need is some rain, none for three weeks now, save ...

Carnations in this case. From small modules... ...into 9cm pots: Once they've grown into their pots they go out into the coldframe to ha...

I first read about this unusual tuber on Ken Fern's Plants For A Future website and managed to obtain some tubercles from John in York ...

I've sown the first of the wildflower areas today, mixing the seed with soft sand before broadcasting, then covering with scaffold netti...

Nice to look out of the window of a morning and see the trees greening up after the bareness of winter. Lovely blue skies over the weekend w...

Pulmonaria (Lungwort) Arabis "Pinkie" (Rock Cress - I wonder if it's edible?) Cowslip Salad leaves Hellebore

Not much done on the plot this weekend mainly because I wasn't there. I had somewhere else to be.

I did manage to get the peas planted out. I seem to have more posts about peas than anything else. Maybe because I find them the most satisf...

A ray of sunshine in an otherwise barmy world.

I planted out the early potatoes today. I would have done it yesterday but I was helping move the Boy Wonder and his tat into a new apartmen...

Not as exciting as last week's news but it's always a treat to see the seedlings emerging into the world.

Phew, a one hour Easter Special last night. For the national trust brigade they'd dredged up the appalling Dan Pearson to waffle on abo...

This morning when I woke up sunshine touched my heart... My lovely daughter gave birth to a baby boy at 00.05 this morning, my first grandc...

All systems go, spring has sprung, vernal equinox and all that. Busy sowing under glass today for planting out in about six weeks when the s...

The last bit of digging: a rather patchy patch of winter tares turned in:

This year's new project (ta-da!) is to extend the biodiversity of the plot with patches of wild flowers at the top of the two beds. On...

I've used the last of last year's compost to mulch the perennials:

Time to shake a leg. Was it ever so slightly perceptibly warmer today or was that just my imagination? Whatever. I've sown the first pea...

Mostly for my benefit, I'll keep it updated. Antirrhinum "Crown Mixed" (saved seed) - Sown in greenhouse 21.3, 1/2 seed tray. ...