A blaze of blossom. Blackthorn trees, growing on the boundary of Choice Allotments. This has to be my favourite time of year, when nature emerges from it’s winter dormancy and literally bursts into life. We’re rewarded with the most beautiful display of…
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Allotment Journal: Weekly Update
Typically we plant garlic around mid October, but the weather has been unseasonably warm this year. Garlic needs a good spell of cold weather to promote germination, but with temperatures roughly 4 degrees celsius above the average for this time of year, there’s…
Allotment Journal: Plot update
Last week was a bit of a scorcher and with long daylight hours and me watering like a crazy thing the seedlings are coming along pretty well. The seedlings I have on the go at home are also thriving. Now…
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Rust!
Not only does the seaside’s salty sea air cause metal to erode…but the garlic is also rusting! The winter months were extremely wet, and relatively mild, and it’s been unseasonably warm over the past week. With the addition of low levels of…
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Growing Garlic
Garlic can be planted in either the autumn or the spring. It will be clearly labelled when it’s purchased. I have always found it best to plant garlic in October/November, as garlic requires a long growing season and coldness…
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Choice Allotments, St Leonards on Sea
Burgess Buttercup squash
Pear from the communal tree.
The last bunch of sweet peas, 2013
Victoria plums
Globe Artichoke. Plot one
Globe Artichoke, leaves emerging spring 2014
Cabbage… before they were eaten by snails and slugs
There are plenty of ladybirds around this spring
Sweet pea
Garlic scapes
Eschscholzia californica
Discovery Apple blosson
Chives
Cabbage white catepillars
Slug caught munching on a squash flower
Dandelion
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