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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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Another lunchtime date spent with hogweed and clay

Another lunchtime date spent with hogweed and clay #allotment #weeding

Wondering when the neighbours will call the police

Wondering when the neighbours will call the police about suspicious grow lights.

Had to top up the orchard plot's ground cover seed

Had to top up the orchard plot's ground cover seeds. #greenmanure

Longest tap root of the year. I hate hogweed, it's

Longest tap root of the year. I hate hogweed, it's also completely no dig proof.
#allotment #dailyexercise #allotmentlife

I'm not sure I've ever had to water my spring bulb

I'm not sure I've ever had to water my spring bulb pots in February before. #warmweather #springbulbs

40 strawberry plants into their new home with four

40 strawberry plants into their new home with four bags of stable manure. #allotment #eatwhatyougrow #allotmentlife #allotmentgarden #instagardener

Bumblee #bumblebees #gmgspring

Bumblee #bumblebees #gmgspring

No Dig gardening is fine for blocking out 'easy we

No Dig gardening is fine for blocking out 'easy weeds' but when you have a patch of ground with hogweed, dock, brambles and well established nettles there's only one initial option. Dig. This lot has taken 20 hours to remove, many of them go two feet deep into the heavy clay. Now it's clear (in the orchard plot) I have sown lots of pollinator friendly cover crops with a big emphasis on clovers which can add nitrogen into the soil from the air. #weeding #allotment #covercrop #nodig #instagardener #gardening #digging #orchards

Got a new sign for the #allotmentshed #jawsmovie #

Got a new sign for the #allotmentshed #jawsmovie #allotmentlife

Two dalek loads of two feet long perennial roots l

Two dalek loads of two feet long perennial roots later, the orchard plot is looking more respectable. At lunchtime I sowed crimson clover as a cover crop, that and Phacelia. #allotment #orchard #growyourownfood #orchards #allotmentlife

Covered the main bed (well mostly). Black plastic

Covered the main bed (well mostly). Black plastic blocks out the light whilst also warning the soil more quickly.
#allotment #allotmentlife #growyourownfood

One became many. #irisreticulata #springbulbs #gmg

One became many.
#irisreticulata #springbulbs #gmgspring

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