I was gutted to find my pretty little Small Sugar pumpkins developing a rather nasty case of powdery mildew. I have been watering the roots rather than the leaves – but took no other preventati… more →
Pack Doughtysaarfeastlondoner wrote 16 hours ago: I was gutted to find my pretty little Small Sugar pumpkins developing a rather nasty case of powdery … more →
saarfeastlondoner wrote 4 days ago: Garlic picked yesterday – sorry about the pic, I couldn’t be bothered to rotate it! not … more →
saarfeastlondoner wrote 4 days ago: A few weeks ago I received advice from an old timer at the allotments to cut the side shoots off my … more →
reapwhatyougrow wrote 6 days ago: WOW. This is the third year that I have been to Hampton Court, and I just love it more each year. … more →
danielweiresq wrote 6 days ago: A short visit to Mrs Weir’s sister’s allotment to help with the harvest. … more →
Jane Moore wrote 1 week ago: One of the greatest pleasures of allotment life is getting to know my neighbours. Ron, Beryl, Vic an … more →
allotment5andahalf wrote 1 week ago: I lifted the rest of the yellow onions this evening as, according to the forecast, that’s it … more →
Trevor Sargent wrote 1 week ago: Help to decide where the Skerries Allotments will be. If you live in or near Skerries and are intere … more →
saarfeastlondoner wrote 2 weeks ago: The first few batches of peas I picked were fine – lovely in fact. But now the evidence of no … more →
garydenness wrote 2 weeks ago: A couple of weeks ago one of my students who had just recently been to London, and was about to go a … more →
docfonz wrote 2 weeks ago: Four pictures of the potential pest Well, it’s been a while (again) as everything has been hap … more →
Jane Moore wrote 3 weeks ago: It’s been very dry lately, so I’ve had to water my crops on a daily basis. The poor plan … more →
suttonintheisle wrote 3 weeks ago: Today, I’ve uploaded more episodes from my lively encounter with Sutton’s Ladies Curry C … more →
Greener Builds wrote 3 weeks ago: It’s now been a month since our last post detailing the progress of the Greener Fields project, and … more →
countrygate wrote 3 weeks ago: Last Monday I was watering on the plot to the sound of church bells as the bellringers held their re … more →
Jane Moore wrote 4 weeks ago: I love this weather, it’s just the right mix of fresh, dewy mornings and cracking sunny after … more →
Leah Fraser wrote 4 weeks ago: I was met at Belvidere Allotments with a bunch of flowers handpicked by Jim from his plot on the si … more →
willem van cotthem wrote 1 month ago: I was reading with great interest the content of the former postings on my blog http://desertific … more →
homeonthehill wrote 1 month ago: It seems like this year has been very typical so far – a proper rainy and sunny spring and now … more →