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Sowing & Growing
29th December 2020
Vegetable seeds – price comparison for 2021
Soil & Nutrients
28th May 2020
Agricultural weedkiller in my manure… again
Health & Outdoors
24th April 2020
The guilt of lockdown happiness
Life & Community
19th March 2020
Why ‘Dig For Victory’ is vital in 2020… #GrowYourOwnaForCorona

Health & Outdoors

Phototoxicity – Beware the plants that burn!

Phototoxicity – Beware the plants that burn!

How to ripen green tomatoes – ethylene borrowing

How to ripen green tomatoes – ethylene borrowing

Should you remove potato flowers and/or their fruits?

Should you remove potato flowers and/or their fruits?

The Allotment

Lightning Fixation - Nitrogen

Fertiliser from Lightning Bolts and Crimson Clover

9th April 2019

If you’re anything like me you will no doubt relish a good thunderstorm for its garden and allotment benefits. All…

Remembering that allotments are good for the soul
5th April 2019
Lunar Gardening – Should We Pay More Attention to the Moon?
19th March 2019

The Garden

Leonardslee Gardens, Loder’s Sussex Jewel Reopened

25th May 2019

When we moved into our home there were a few rhododendrons and azaleas dotted about in the small front garden.…

Bone meal, a gruesome fairy-tale fertiliser?
18th January 2019
Metaldehyde Slug Pellets Finally Banned, What Are The Alternatives?
21st December 2018

Browse the #AllotmentFashionWeek Archives

RHS Volunteering

Hampton Court Flower Show 2018

Hampton Court Flower Show: Water, Give Me Water!

13th July 2018

I spent another two days volunteering for the RHS at Hampton Court Flower Show last week and I have never…

The Weston Garden: Top Plant Picks from Tom Stuart-Smith’s Chelsea Garden
31st May 2018

Medieval Grow Your Own

How to Grow Onions: Medieval Grow Your Own

How to Grow Onions: Medieval Grow Your Own

31st March 2018

Looking for grow your own tips? These ones are between one and two thousand years old, passed on from the…

Herbs – Fennel, Oregano, Sage: Medieval Grow Your Own
18th March 2018

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When I put this little squash, gourd and pumpkin d

When I put this little squash, gourd and pumpkin display out front, I had no idea it would allow me to hear passers by excitedly discussing it from my COVID isolation bedroom. Given me a few moments of cheer each day, even saw and heard some young American walkers take photos today. Think I'm over the worst now, should be after two Pfizer jabs and all the vitamin D and zinc I've had over the pandemic period. It's killed one of my wisdom teeth though, going to need pulling next week, thanks COVID 👍
#pumpkins #pumpkingrower #allotment #gardening #gardens

I might not have a giant pumpkin this year, but th

I might not have a giant pumpkin this year, but there's an autumn squash display in the front garden. #AutumnVibes #Dorking #pumpkingrowing #pumpkins #squashgrowing

Decent butternut haul - both Walthams and Canada C

Decent butternut haul - both Walthams and Canada Crookneck. Reckon they must like it cooler than all the other low yielding squashes and pumpkins. #butternutsquash #butternuts #squashgrowing #allotmentlife #allotment #eatwhatyougrow #organicfarming

Carvers for Halloween in the greenhouse to lose th

Carvers for Halloween in the greenhouse to lose their chlorophyll and turn orange. #pumpkingrowing #pumpkins #allotment

Decorative squashes and gourds. Gourds came quite

Decorative squashes and gourds. Gourds came quite late off a plant that decided to crop well, other two did next to nothing. #gourds #squashgrowing #allotment

Damson jam making with MrsGrow, 2kgs of fruit quar

Damson jam making with MrsGrow, 2kgs of fruit quartered, stones removed and not one single maggot 👍 #plums #damsonjam #allotment #allotmentlife #eatwhatyougrow #growyourownfood #orchards

Moooove out of our way please #beltedgalloways #su

Moooove out of our way please #beltedgalloways #surreyhills

Not seen a Roman snail around these parts for a fe

Not seen a Roman snail around these parts for a few years, found this baby crossing a field path and helped him reach his destination.
#romansnail #snailsofinstagram #surreyhills #helixpomatia

Gourds, squashes and pumpkins from the plot. A few

Gourds, squashes and pumpkins from the plot. A few left to harvest and numbers well down on previous years but not a total failure. #pumpkingrowing #pumpkins #squashgrowing #gourds #allotment #allotmentlife

My lunchtime gardening buddy. Ever so tame, not ev

My lunchtime gardening buddy. Ever so tame, not even bothered about nipping beneath me as I lean over to pick up old bulbs.
#robins #wildbirds #instagardeners

A couple of lunch breaks spent adjusting the garde

A couple of lunch breaks spent adjusting the garden layout to accommodate a new tea break area. #gardenterrace #terracedgarden

Now THAT'S a Dahlia #dahlias #flowers #gardenflowe

Now THAT'S a Dahlia #dahlias #flowers #gardenflowers

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