#allotmentlife

Hiya, anyone grow fieldbeans instead of broadbeans (for eating, not as a cover crop?). I'm wanting to plant them in Autumn. Overwintered broad beans shouldn't be planted too early in Autumn due to them

Something has been stealing all the tops off my sunflowers, does anybody who the culprit may be ?

Processed in Photoshop CS6. Oil Paint filter used.

Photo taken with iphone 7 using pano setting , Processed in photoshop CS6.

Lets share allotment/gardening pics during convid-19 use the catagory/tag #lockdown-gardening.

Lets share our allotment/gardening pics use the catagory/tag #lockdown-gardening.

We have a big problem at the allotment from pigeons stripping brassicas as soon as we put them in the ground. So i decided to build a frame to cover my raised bed. I bought some 15mm flexible plastic tubing

A robin came to visit while we were digging.A bit more work done in the allotment. We managed to fix the rotavator. It had a damaged fuel tank so we took the tank off an old petrol generator and bodged

Photographed with iphone SE using pano mode. Posted from my blog with SteemPress :

This is my entry for the #monomad challenge. Photographed with iphone SE , lightly processed in Photoshop CS6. Posted from my blog with SteemPress :

Weve still been getting frosts so ive held off planting and sowing too much at the moment. Took a trip to the garden centre to get some seeds and plants...... tomato's potted on. Sowed some seeds : Tomato,

Its been a long winter this year in the UK. We are still not out of the woods, still getting the odd ground frost but its time to get things going as the allotment is looking a bit of a mess. I decided

Photo taken with iphone SE. Processed in Photoshop CS6 : Tone adjust, brightness & contrast adjust, vibrance adjust. Posted from my blog with SteemPress :

You would think at this time of the year there wouldn’t be much to do down on the plot but you would be wrong. January is a good month to get things sorted out for the year ahead. I cleaned all the tools

Hello everyone! This is a truly great and awesome experience with family to visit "Three Lucky Mountain Farm" in Bulacan,PH. You will meet different people in different places all over the

Hi homesteaders Ola steemians. A simple guide when selecting potatoes. POTATOES 2017 I have decided on two types of potato this year, my first choice was Red Duke of York Potatoes for my first earlies.

I was happy to see that low pressure (forming typhoon) had not done much damage to the plots, you never know if you are going to have a shed standing after a windy night. I have been busy down on the plot

Daffodils, Tulips, Blossom, tadpoles and sun; that's what says spring to me. It's that time of year again when everything starts down on the plot. I have been making the most of the light nights by going

OCTOBER I can't believe that OCTOBER is nearly over. Here are some of my top tips to finish the month off down on your plot/garden. 1- Lift main crop potatoes and store in lightproof potato sacks, they

Raspberry harvest...