Simon's Allotment

Cloudy cloudy cloudy. As in not sunny. We've had a little bit of rain, a bit more than taking the mickey but not by much. Still, I'm...

The trefoil with it's nitrogen fixing properties is benefiting the perennial broccoli which I planted amongst it. I'd like to say th...

You probably don't need me to tell you that comfrey makes a brilliant fertiliser; its deep roots bring up valuable trace elements and mi...

What I thought was an ornamental cherry tree I now know, thanks to the good folks at Allotments 4 All , is actually a cherry plum (Prunus n...

The phacelia which the bees have been loving so much was nearly over so it's in the compost bin now. In it's place I've sowed th...

I sowed the yam tubercles in the greenhouse back in April and planted them out at the beginning of June. I made a little bed for them by the...

Oh yes.

I also like to think how this shows how crops are healthier when growing between flowers. Although the beans might have done that well anywa...

I love this combination of evening primrose, verbena and flax going to seed. Totally accidental of course.

Couldn't go without posting another picture of this now could I?

My first patch of summer cabbages is doing very nicely and has been feeding me for a couple of weeks now. However this second lot, which we...

I cropped the first runner beans this week - all four of them. So it's no secret that this particular crop is a bit of an embarrassment ...

Cropping now - Amsterdam Forcing:

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I love to watch the way the bees get into these.

The latest flower to appear here is the pretty tickseed:

Blue scabious Bumble bee on fleabane Perennial sweet pea Geranium "Brookside" Potentilla Geum Rose campion Kniphofia Clematis

Wet, windy and a lot cooler. At least the ground's had a bit of a soak. A good time to get some mulch on.

Opening up the compost bin: Spreading between rows: I had enough compost to mulch the peas, beans, asparagus, broccoli and carnations. It...