Simon's Allotment

All the rain we should have had in the spring seems to have fallen in the last fortnight. Still, life goes on, which is just as well really....

I've got one of these on the plot. So blue. Can't eat it but that hardly matters.

Still going strong. Tomato sauce on everything at the moment.

I'd never grown chillis and jalapenos before before so when someone gave me some little plants back in the spring I thought I'd give...

Sedum changing colour now Fuschia

Open day on our site today; the people who visited my plot made approving noises so I must be doing something right. August must be the most...

It might not be autumn yet but here they are anyway.

This has been going nuts this past couple of weeks, the plants are well over six feet tall and the cobs are coming along nicely. I reckon th...

This has germinated nicely now so going to the trouble of sowing it in rows rather than just broadcasting it seems to have paid off.

I sowed this for green manure where my manky garlic was. I've already dug half of it in and this patch is about ready for that now too.

Only a couple of these germinated this year because I used old seed. That ought to teach me but it probably wont. Still, they've made fi...

Carnations and sweet peas: Carnations and dahlias:

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...