October and November were such washout months that I hardly got to the plot at all. When I did go down, the place seemed just a little too grim for photography and so here I am, left with a tiny handful of snaps with which to rustle up a double...

month in pictures

It was a bit of a struggle to find enough for photos for Septembers month in pictures. What a wash out it’s been. I’ve hardly made it to the plot at all this month. I’ve started saving a few seeds and amazingly some of them have even dried out enough...

month in pictures

Despite the grotty wet weather, August still flourished and I spent almost all of my gardening time harvesting crops. Can’t complain about that but it does mean I failed to sow any overwintering crops, hopefully September sown spring cabbages will still be productive. Blight inevitably struck towards the middle of...

month in pictures

Blimey, July is a busy month. I’ve been on the plot almost every day and yet don’t seem to have done anything constructive. The time is taken up by watering and picking crops (not that I’m complaining), with precious little time for making any last minute sowings. I haven’t had...

month in pictures

So June has been and gone and I can’t believe I managed to miss the summer solstice. I was pleased to discover while putting together this months - Month in Pictures, that I was at least on the plot on the 21st - sowing more carrots. If the summer solstice...

month in pictures

month in pictures

Progress report for April What a crazy month its been, at the beginning I was so worried about the broad beans that I resorted to exhaling over them in an attempt to thaw the snow cover and by the end of the month I was blistering in the sun. I’ve...

month in pictures

Progress report for March. March has been a wash out weather wise and we even managed a bit of snow. A little creative jiggery pokery with my annual leave arrangements has enabled me to make the most of the very occasional dry spell to get on the plot and the...

month in pictures

Progress report for February. The weather was remarkably mild and I enjoyed a good few sunny weekends on the plot. The peach was planted and tentatively pruned to within an inch of it’s life. Paths and a seed bed were constructed in a fashion. The Hellebore flowered beautifully and provided...

month in pictures

This month was all about the shed, I fell in love with this place - a true room of my own. Most of my plotting time was spent inside looking out but I did manage to complete a few shambolic construction projects, and sow some early seeds in between brewing...

month in pictures

I didn’t think I’d get to the allotment this weekend but while I was in the park, trying to squeeze in a long run for my half marathon training, it struck me what a great gardening day it was. Didn’t take much for me to cut the run short and...

sowing

Not a great weekend for allotment pottering but I can enjoy a cup of tea in a nice dry shed even on the worst of days. The ground was too wet to dig which is a bit of nuisance as there is only a smallish patch left to complete. I...

rocket

It was a bit soggy on the plot today but I spent a couple of hours in the shed, drinking tea, giving myself a headache with the meths fumes and making a recycled paper brick. I’m pretty impressed with the logmaker, I got it from ebay (ekomania) for about £17...

fire log

I woke this morning with plans of allotment pottering on a slightly more sophisticated level than I managed yesterday. I still wasn’t feeling on top form so my plans centred mostly around my new chair and dreams of a hot steaming mug of tea. My mug of choice was A...

shed bike trailer bird box

The seed order has arrived on the plot and it looks like I might have gone a tad overboard. Having laid the exciting little packets out on the bench I was tempted to throw a sign up on the front door of the shed and declare my very own garden...

seeds fire log