Chillies and peppers are a really easy to grow, easy to use and easy to store…
Grow your own
Gardening in southern England’s changed climate
Where are we now, into the fifth summer on my allotment, and despite going into this…
Allotment Month 55: vigorous legumes, squash and pumpkins, tomatoes
Do you ever have the feeling you’re being left behind in gardening? You think your tomatoes…
How to grow organic rhubarb and cook it – the tastiest around!
I love rhubarb. I love its flavour and I love how easy it is to grow.…
How to grow organic purple sprouting broccoli and cook it
It wasn’t until I started growing my own vegetables I even clocked that purple sprouting broccoli…
A year in vegetable, fruit and herb photos
We’re taught not to play with our food but WHATEVS, I love arranging veg to show…
Growing avocados in London
It’s been widely known that avocados can grow in London for decades, I’ve seen the trees…
Allotment Month 49: growing up
My fourth year on the allotment has whooshed by and during the very wet start to…
Allotment Month 46: tomatoes, edamame, apples, raspberries and sunflowers!
At some point I really am planning to sow my salad crops for winter, I’ve been…
Allotment Month 43: priorities, supports and progress
Going into the fourth season on my allotment I’ve been pleased with how it’s shaping up.…
Allotment Month 42: weeding asparagus and carrots, potato, chilli and artichoke update
On Sunday I had the chance for a proper sesh down the allotment and it was…
My allotment plan for 2019
Hello vegetable fans! Recently I wrote about why I practice crop rotation on my allotment in…
Allotment month 38: don’t beat yourself up if things go wrong
I’ve just had the best day on my allotment for a long time. Zero degrees Celsius,…
Grow your own, change YOUR world
I was reading the BBC’s seven charts on climate change article and one major thing scientists…
Allotment Month 34: happy herbal, apple disaster, persistent prairie
Often I beat myself up about the state of my allotment, it never quite looks as…
Allotment Month 28: harvesting parsnips, beating weeds, sowing seeds and signs of spring (at last!)
Currently I feel I have the measure of my allotment, how long that feeling will last…
Allotment Month 26: sprucing and rearranging
Toward the end of autumn I find the battle against couch grass and other weeds relentless…
Allotment Month 25: planning for the year ahead – parsnips, cauliflower, kale, carrots, apples
Can you believe I’ve had my allotment for two years?! The excitement of taking ownership still…
Gardening jobs to do in October: harvesting, bulb planting, propagation by dividing, cutting and sowing
If like me, you may have been coasting along on a post-summer ‘put your feet up’.…
Allotment month 22: wasted produce, autumn flowering apples and snails
I’ve barely spent any time at the allotment in September. Bad Wallington. This has been a…
Have you ever seen popcorn flowers?
The popcorn plants on my allotment are (later than normal) finally flowering and I thought I’d…
Allotment month 20: it’s in the flavour – new potatoes, carrots, Florence fennel, beetroot and more
Monty Don always says it’s important to pick only what you’re about to eat to reduce…
Allotment Month 17: dahlias, prairie and produce
It’s year two for my allotment and the layout I created for it originally is really…
7 easy pickings for grow your own keenos
I’m being thrown head first heading into my second season on the allotment and this year,…
Allotment: weed suppressant membrane – beating weeds organically
Month 13: my allotment has expanded a bit this year as I’ve taken on some unused…
The best potatoes to grow
Last year I grew a set of seven different potato cultivars and only really liked one…
13 tips to help allotment newbies… by an allotment newbie!
Taking on an allotment for the first time is exciting and scary. I know because I’ve just…
Allotment month 12: proof is in the potatoes
It’s been a year since I was given my 125 sq metre allotment and what a…