Allotment Growing Photo History

A photographic history of 7 of our 8 years growing on allotments in Crewe, Cheshire along with some photographs of our garden and some I just thought you'd like to see! It's quite interesting to compare year against year.

We've moved now to a windy hillside in North Wales and are starting a new veg plot from scratch. More information here: Our Smallholding

You can follow our adventures here in our allotment diary

Random Allotment Photos
from the Gallery

NVS Evening - Refreshments
June 2008

Plot 5 - Turning over the Soil
November 2004

Onions Drying on Plot 5
July 2009

Giant Molehills Up The Path
August 2007

Clipstone Allotments Visit - Display Stands
April 2008

Harvesting Borlotti Beans
September 2008

Onions and garlic on plot 29
December 2004

Harvesting Potatoes
July 2009

 

 

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From the Allotment Diaries

Cold Weather Causes Problems

This cold weather is creating problems. The greenhouse temperatures have fallen to three degrees some nights so I don’t want to plant out the tomatoes and cucumbers yet. This means that the Vitopod heated propagators are overcrowded in the potting

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Chitting, germination test, blueberries, strawberries

Finally, at last, the weather has changed. Blue skies, sunshine and warm enough at points to not need a jacket. Now the race to catch up with jobs that should have been done weeks ago begins. Beds being cleared, sowing

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Weather not Good, I’m not Well

Started the week with a few hours in the potting shed. Ended with some sort of bug getting me. The strong winds and general sogginess making outside tasks impracticable. Frustration meter now at 150% as some of the outside jobs

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