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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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A new day a new dahlia #dahlias

A new day a new dahlia
#dahlias

#dahlias - bring on the earwigs

#dahlias - bring on the earwigs

Weather's a bit pants, did a bit of flower cutting

Weather's a bit pants, did a bit of flower cutting in the garden to bring the colour in where we can enjoy it more.
#cutflowers #sunflowers #alliumsphaerocephalon #amaranthus #achilleaterracotta #scabiousflower #flowers #flowerarranging #flowerarrangement

I spy with my little eye, something beginning with

I spy with my little eye, something beginning with 'p'.
#giantpumpkins #pumpkingrower #pumpkins

Well the amaranthus I grew from seed might not be

Well the amaranthus I grew from seed might not be as big as I wanted, but frankly, having it alongside cannas, dahlias and sunflowers at all, in the face of this year's slugmageddon is a miracle! Achillea is more robust 🤔 #amaranthus #cannalillies #achilleaterracotta

Pollinated pumpkins need big boy food from Ukraine

Pollinated pumpkins need big boy food from Ukraine if they are going to be giant pumpkins. 0-25-50 NPK. #giantpumpkins

Orchard at dusk #orchards

Orchard at dusk #orchards

#Cornflowers in the orchard #orchards

#Cornflowers in the orchard
#orchards

Spot of moon watching #telescope #moonlight

Spot of moon watching #telescope #moonlight

Big leaves on the #giantpumpkin - 3ft high. #giant

Big leaves on the #giantpumpkin - 3ft high.
#giantpumpkins

Carrot crop looking good this year. Sowed in March

Carrot crop looking good this year. Sowed in March. Raised beds. Sandy soil. #carrots🥕 #growyourownfood #eatwhatyougrow #allotmentgarden #gardening

Sauron the giant pumpkin plant currently has two p

Sauron the giant pumpkin plant currently has two pumpkins set on secondary vines. These won't be very big, maybe 200lbs each. However... ... a tiny little female flower is forming on the main vine at 24ft out. 10 days from now I could be pollinating that, and a late July pollination on a main vine can easily produce fast growing monsters over 500lbs in weight.
#giantpumpkin #giantpumpkins

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