Day 1 #AllotmentFashionWeek 2018! A year has passed since we were treated to the allotment fashion delights of Bluetooth headphones, bum bags, headscarves and ageing running…
Author: Matt Peskett
Matt Peskett
Matt is a web publishing and digital marketing consultant who in his free time enjoys allotmenteering and gardening. Horticulture is in the family genes (hence the socials name grow like grandad) and Matt has been growing his own vegetables since he was 7 years old. He also had a mad few years tweeting anonymously as Monty Don's dog Nigel from Gardeners World.
Towards the end of last year you may remember that I acquired another half plot allotment and started work on a miniature orchard. There were already…
The Autumn Equinox may be upon us but it feels more like winter with cold blustery showers lashing the windows and the central heating switched back…
Up until this year I had only ever grown traditional long courgettes at the allotment – I started with green and moved onto yellow varieties which…
As we approach the end of summer and move into autumn you should not be too surprised to see your pumpkin and squash plants starting to…
I listen to a few horticultural podcasts each week whilst I’m working on website projects but one of my favourites is by Lee Connelly AKA The…
I don’t know about you but I became sick of hearing about Brexit three months before we even had a vote. Two years later the endless…
‘We need to get more children gardening’ goes the all too common refrain but never mind gardening, it seems that as a nation we can’t even…
I spent another two days volunteering for the RHS at Hampton Court Flower Show last week and I have never been so hot in all my…
I’ve been a bit short on blog writing time of late, between flower show volunteering and work (yes I DO work) I’ve been fighting the usual…