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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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84 carving pumpkins sown ready for giving away loc

84 carving pumpkins sown ready for giving away locally as part of #Dorking pumpkin show promotions. Popped into the heated #giantpumpkin house to speed up germination. #pumpkingrower #pumpkingrowing

Hmmm not sure that shade of pink was what I was go

Hmmm not sure that shade of pink was what I was going for when I planted the lower creeping phlox 3 years ago. Bit seaside planting for my liking, where's the crazy golf and amusement arcade? 😂
#phlox #creepingphlox #creepingphloxblooming #terracedgarden #gardens #gardenwall #pinkflowers

Frost covers removed from the Charlottes #newpotat

Frost covers removed from the Charlottes #newpotatoes #potatogrowing #allotmentgarden #growyourownfood

Managed to get some tomato plants into their big p

Managed to get some tomato plants into their big pots #sanmarzanotomatoes #stpierretomato #eatwhatyougrow #greenhousegardening #growyourownfood

Planted out the blueberries at home. Needed the po

Planted out the blueberries at home. Needed the pots

Sauron is happy as larry in his heated accommodati

Sauron is happy as larry in his heated accommodation. #giantpumpkins

Every front garden needs an illuminated & heated g

Every front garden needs an illuminated & heated grow tent.#giantpumpkins #pumpkingrower #pumpkingrowing #growyourownfood #gardening

"Look at me I'm a pot of flowers" #flowers #flower

"Look at me I'm a pot of flowers"
#flowers #flowerpots #instacats

I recycle 50% of my spring bulb compost when plant

I recycle 50% of my spring bulb compost when planting out summer bulbs like gladioli. Since I fed them fortnightly the compost should be good. Just in case, I sprinkle with Q4 fertiliser pellets then top up with compost from my own compost heap. #summerbulbs #plantfood #plantingseason #instagardener #gardening

Had to cut down the #daffodils🌼 out front to ge

Had to cut down the #daffodils🌼 out front to get to the pumpkin planting area, now we can enjoy them inside.

Never plant out a pumpkin or squash plant without

Never plant out a pumpkin or squash plant without mycorrhizal fungi powder in the planting hole. It increases root growth, plant health and yield. Not just giant pumpkins but ALL pumpkins 👊. As well as @empathy_rootgrow products I use a liquid mycorrhizae with my watering (Orca).
#pumpkingrower #growyourownfood #allotmentlife #allotmentgarden #allotmentlove #giantpumpkins

Spent the afternoon planting out Sauren the #giant

Spent the afternoon planting out Sauren the #giantpumpkin into the front garden. He should be happy with his growlight and radiator. The plastic tunnel cover came from a new double mattress we bought at Christmas, some people might have binned it, not me 😁
#giantpumpkins #pumpkingrower

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