Simon's Allotment

Nearly Christmas, whoop de do. Plenty to eat from the plot - carrots, kale, leeks, Chinese mustard, scorenza, apples and sprouts too now tha...

It's that time of year again:

It's the first time I've grown this root - it might not look very appetising but tastes alright actually, and makes a useful additio...

Not much gardening to do at this time of year so over the past few weeks I've been faffing about building this - in between the showers...

It's been ridiculously mild this month; still no frost. The birds are twittering away happily whilst feasting on my windfalls and there ...

I'm glad I didn't cut down the tomatoes as the warm weather has meant they've continued to ripen.

It's the first time I've grown this - the variety is "Green in Snow" - and it's turning out to be a useful green for t...

What a difference a week makes - 28 degrees last weekend, today it's a decidedly chilly 10, and soggy with it. Still plenty to eat from ...

Dug these up last weekend to store for the winter.

Hot stuff:

Still plenty of colour for picking to brighten up the house:

Beautiful light out on the plot at this time of year: Fewer butterflies around like this speckled wood... ...and this red admiral ...

Say what you like about the banks, at least they give us an extra day off work. Is that right? I'm trying to practice acceptance and for...

The dry spell we had until recently means the courgettes are suffering with mildew but they're still cropping nicely:

Dahlias and sweet peas:

It's always satisfying to get two crops of the same piece of ground. I sowed this row of late summer cabbages where I'd cropped the ...

Signs that autumn isn't far away.

I'm hardly a big fan of intensive arable farming but it at least it makes for some pretty pattens in the landscape at this time of year,...