Simon's Allotment

So the solstice has been and gone and I can finally stop living off asparagus and leaf beet. Broad beans, peas, carrots and cabbage all comi...

Plenty of candy this month, here's what's flowering out on the plot: Alfalfa (Medicago sativa) Astrantia major Blood Pink (Diant...

Looks like I'll be in for a bumper crop from the top fruit this year: apples, pears, plums and cherries all looking good. I've manag...

Well the equinox is here and I can get on with sowing some seeds. Whether I carry on with this blog is another matter, it seems to have fizz...

No shortage of fresh produce from the plot at this time of year. The peas are over but there's runner and climbing French beans, carrots...

New this year and all grown from seed. Echium plantanigium "Dwarf Blue Bedder" - the cultivated variety of the wild E. vul...

The scabious family is worth a mention of it's own as they're so good for attracting the bees and butterflies. Earlier in the summer...

Nearing the end of the month now and the meadow mix is in full swing... ...with poppies, bishop's flower and a smattering of c...

The solstice has been and gone. The dynamic of the garden changes from the manic energy of spring to a slow and steady growth ~ nature has s...

 Shirley poppy  Mullein moth caterpillar  Magpie moth  Echium "Blue Bedder" Sleepy buff-tailed queen

Busy busy this last few weeks with the usual sowing and planting; I'm just about on top of things and the plot is all set out now, more ...

 Sweet William... ...attracting a rather ropey peacock.  Small white on Erysium "Bowles Mauve"  Phacelia ...