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

Pond Under the Pylon
November 2007

Broad Beans Away
May 2004

Chitting Potatoes
January 2007

Path Refurbished
November 2005

Sarpo Potatoes Doing Well
May 2007

A Toilet on the Allotment
July 2007

Rhubarb Showing
March 2008

Plot 29 Maincrop Potato Bed
June 2005

 

 

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Dead Hedges

I must admit I’d never heard of dead hedges until newsletter reader Mike Saynor sent me a link to a video of his on the subject. Literally days later, I was listening to GQT, and they had a piece on

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Cardboard and Manure

Another question from a newsletter reader. Paul has a simple question, about covering beds with cardboard and manure. But the answer isn’t quite as straightforward. So thanks for an interesting question. Paul’s question: Is putting cardboard down on my soil

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Too much muck? (manure)

One of the things I love about gardening is that you’re always learning. There are always new things to discover. And sometimes I find out that I’m wrong, which is pretty valuable in itself. This post is one of those

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