Strong winds yesterday and this morning so went up to the allotment to check all okay .Poor neighbours shed caught the wind.Mine all okay . Picked a few things while there for New Years day dinner some

First snowfall in Exmoor for several years 4/6 inches deep in places.lovely to see . The snow all around Dunster Castle good distance away from castle and up high hope good enough view .Above the castle

Cycled to the allotment today sunny but cold but no wind.Spent couple of hours weeding and digging .Cycled down to the village passed the castle entrance then to the river which runs near the castle .You

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

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.

The cucumbers, aubergines have died off now and the tomatoes are dying and turning brown but still there is still fruit ripening... peppers still ripening... Tomatoes dying off but sthere is still some

Final harvest in the greenhouse, tomatoes, peppers, aubergines, cucumber, gherkins We've had exceptional high temperatures this year in the UK, some plants have not matured properly and some have carried

These are the biggest Chanteney carrots i've ever seen and ever grown lol. The tomatoes still haven't ripened yet. According to Monty Don on BBC Gardeners World its because of the heatwave we've Had this

The allotment is looking very green at the moment. Some of the peas are now ready. The mangetout is also ready. Sweetcorn looking good. We have more than enough tomatoes for the greenhouse this year so

"With earlies, wait until the flowers open or the buds drop; the tubers are ready to harvest when they are the size of hens' eggs." quote from royal horticultural society website.. My first earlies

Its the first time ive grown aubergines (eggplant) didn't realise they put out such vicious thorns. My first gherkin l looks like there's plenty more to come. please vote pcste for witness. to vote go

It was a hot 1 last week in the UK, Temperatures hit 46°C (114°F) in the sun. its been too hot to do much in the daytime. Golden Beetroot ready to be planted out. Got some extra aubergines left, so with

More corn planted. The peas are starting to flower. Carrots coming on well. Gherkins doing well. Aubergines transplanted into a grow bag Tomato's transplanted into grow bags. Melons transplanted. 30 °C

Unfortunately i wasn't able to do much at the allotment last week. Severe arthritis flare up, been too crippled to get out of the flat for nearly a week. Luckily i have a good friend who shares the lotty

I planted about 50 cloves last Autumn, now they are ready to harvest. slightly earlier this year. These are the hardneck variety.When the bottom 2 sets of leaves go yellow or brown they are ready. Garlic

We also had a communal BBQ at the weekend so all the plot holders can get to know each other. The peas are coming on well, time to make some support for them. using some old wire mesh. Someone dumped a

Another beautiful sky at the allotment (community garden) Taken with iphone SE, slight processing in photoshop CS6. please vote pcste for witness. to vote go to : Scroll to the bottom of the page and enter