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January 9, 2009February 3, 2009Zoe

I have a cunning plan

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Okay, so my freelance work is quiet at the moment and I’ve had some spare time on my hands. But as you can see I’ve spent it wisely drawing out my allotment plan for the coming year. Now if I just spend as much time and attention to actually growing the veg as I have drawing them – all will turn out well!

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Steph says:

January 11, 2009 at 2:45 pm

There’l be no unlawful disorder in Farmer Zs garden of good behaviour.
Quiet are you? might have to disrupt your peace with some hard work…

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Welcome!

I’m a designer and illustrator who is passionate about gardening and in particular growing fruit and vegetables on my allotment.

The gallery of pictures on the home page show some of the items that are for sale in my Etsy shop. You can click on the link on that page, or the orange Etsy badge below, to visit the shop.

On the blog page, you can read about my allotment. There are posts about what and how I grow, how I combat pests and diseases, and how I store and preserve my harvests, along with as many photos as possible.

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A quick trip to the plot this evening to water all of my newly planted babies, and I’ve come home with the first little harvest that isn’t rhubarb or herbs - garlic scapes, asparagus (look more than 3 spears 🥳) and the first few overwintered red onions, just because they’ve bolted (produced flowering stems) and need using. One of the old boys on our site (who has been growing veg for many years and I trust implicitly) reckons its the fluctuating temperatures that causes them to bolt. It’s a confusing time for plants and wildlife. Hot in Feb, then cold, wet then hot again at Easter, then flipping cold again. I’m sure they’re complaining as much as the rest of us. Swipe left to see my climbing beans after I’d planted them out, despite hardening them off outdoors first. Poor things. I’ve now taken the yellowed leaves off and they look much better and are starting to wind up the stems. Phew. It’s amazing we get anything to grow in our crazy mixed up weather. #allotmentuk #allotmentgarden #garlicscapes #mayharvest #allotment #allotmentlove #growingfood

These Sweet Williams are growing on my neighbours plot. They were grown by another fellow plot holder who took the seeds from some I had grown a few years ago. She also has a row of them, and so too a lady a few plots down from me, to whom she also gave some spare seed. Mine have dwindled down now to a small patch, but in the autumn when I can harvest some seeds, I will sow another row. This just makes me so happy, 4 of us are now growing these flowers, en masse, from a small packet that I sowed years ago, and hopefully, between us, we can keep them going and maybe pass them around even more. Spreading a bit of flowery love around the allotments. ❤️❤️❤️ #allotmentlove #allotmentuk #allotmentgarden #ilovemyallotment #allotmentflowers #allotment #installotment

At the beginning of May I decided to sit out in the garden and draw the view. A complete change to what I usually draw, but a good challenge. I had intended to outline it in ink and splash a few watercolours around, but then I came across @alicemelvin and she inspired me to use coloured pencil. She has also definitely inspired me to get out more and draw more of nature where it actually is - outdoors! The garden has changed quite a bit in the time it’s taken me to complete this, some plants have taken over and some have faded back and disappeared. There is a lot more to it than can be seen here. Once the forget-me-nots come out there’ll be lychnis and daylillies, hollyhocks and potentillas all ready and waiting to take their place front of stage. There’s an oriental poppy with a big fat bud on it, and white cosmos ready to plant. It’ll be a completely different scene by midsummer. As it’s my daily commute and the view from my office I try to make it pretty, but most of my attention goes on the allotment so it really has to take care of itself. Which means certain weeds and random wild flowers that pop up are tolerated so long as they’re pretty and the bees are kept happy. The most I really do is pull out stuff that’s gone over and strim the grass path occasionally. It’s a small and humble space I wouldn’t have thought worthy of art, but I’ve enjoyed documenting it. I might (just might) attempt to draw my allotment plot one day. 🌸🌼🌿🎨 #artchallenge #gardenillustration #illustratedgarden #drawingmyview #gardenjournal #gardenview #mygarden

Pink cornflowers, or my favourite name for them - batchelor’s buttons, are my new favourite flower I think. I love the blue ones too, but these pink ones were quite unexpected. I sowed a mixed packet of annual seeds at the bottom of my plot last autumn, along with some home saved seed for Cerinthe, and mostly I just got Cerinthe except for a few zinnias just before the first frosts. But now these have popped up. It’s a pity because I need the bed for my squashes and they’ve had to come out, but I have filled 2 vases with them and will enjoy them at home. Definitely going to grow some more though, I didn’t even know they came in pink! Like the blue ones, they fade to almost white as they age so you get a range of colours in one patch. I love it when something flowers and takes me completely by surprise, like a little gift from Mother Nature. 💕

I’ve gone for wigwams this year. I change every year from A frame and back to wigwams again just to make life interesting 🤓😂 There are 2 frames of sweetpeas, and 2 climbing beans - Greek Gigante and Borlotti. I only really grow beans for podding. Some lettuces fill in the gaps on the North side (so they’ll get shaded by the beans once they grow) and a few nasturtiums will fill gaps on the other side. I love it when the plot starts to take shape. #allotmentuk #allotment #growingbeans #allotmentveg #beansupports #climbingbeans #allotmenteering

The aquilegias were out enjoying the sunshine, as was I this morning. #gardenlife #aquilegia #grannysbonnet #columbineflower

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