A full plot and my first courgette!
In the middle of June all the crops were doing well apart from the kale and one row of broccoli. The kale had been stripped bare by the...
Rogue potatoes, broccoli, cabbages and brussels
In June rogue potato plants started popping up all over the vegetable bed, I decided to let them grow unless they interfered with other...
Planting beetroot and netting the cherry tree
I was given quite a few beetroot plants from an allotment friend who had grown too many. I really like beetroot so I was grateful for the...
Heirloom tomatoes, courgettes and sweetcorn
Late spring we visited Copped Hall Mansion and it's gardens in Epping. They were having an open day and I was keen to visit it. The...
Beds filling up and everything growing well
Most of the seedlings had hardened off and were ready to plant. The onions that I had planted earlier in the year had started shooting up...
Radishes, lettuce and runner beans
The radishes and lettuce I planted in the salad bed had really took off. The radishes grew really quick and my guinea pigs loved them! My...
Pallet collars, strawberries and the digging over is finally done!
I had heard that pallet collars make brilliant raised beds so I started searching high and low for some. I wanted to use them as...
Runner bean arch and pathway
Part of the plot had a small drainage ditch that I kept tripping down, I was close to spraining my ankle a couple of times so this needed...
Flower bed and pond for the frogs
I wanted to build a pond for the frogs but only wanted a small one due to lack of space. I looked up some ideas and found the barrel pond...
Seedlings and blueberry bush
At home on the windowsill we had been planting seeds and waiting for them to germinate. The pumpkins and tomatoes grew well and needed to...
