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August 12, 2015August 12, 2015Zoe

Waffle Free Wednesday

June 26, 2015June 26, 2015Zoe

First pickings and final plantings

July 3, 2014July 3, 2014Zoe

Firsts

June 18, 2014June 18, 2014Zoe

Filling up and filling out

May 23, 2013May 23, 2013Zoe

Good news and bad news

April 22, 2012April 22, 2012Zoe

Dodging the showers

April 7, 2011April 7, 2011Zoe

Supporting peas

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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.

I also keep a little journal where I practice my drawing skills by documenting my allotment journey in ink and watercolours.

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Journal update - all about chillies at the moment. We spent one evening last week slicing and pickling jalapeños, and I’m about to start making some chilli powder. I’ll try and keep you posted in my stories. #chillies #allotmentjournal #illustratedjournal #chillipowder #homemadechillipowder
We popped by the allotment on our way back from walking our dog, and I was amazed (considering the cold frosty weather) to find cosmos and cornflowers in the wildflower bed. Such a welcome sight at this time of year, I just hope they set and drop seed in time for next year. #novemberflowers #allotmentflowers #allotmentuk #cosmosinnovember #novembercolour
This little dahlia in my garden has decided now is the time to start flowering 🤦‍♀️ oh well, I’ll appreciate it for as long as it lasts. It’s a tuber that I never dig up, it has been in the ground for a few years, and every year it comes up really late. It never learns. I managed to get an hour in the garden before sunset. Planted out some foxgloves that have been patiently waiting for weeks, spread some mounded up piles of leaves around the borders for a mulch, and cut back the clematis that has completely taken over my office, meaning I have to duck down to get in there. It felt good to do a few jobs, but it’s a good job I have a tiny garden. PS: spot the tiny spider. 🕷#latedahlia #whitedahlia #gardening #autumngardening
That’s the last of the chillies now - thankgod! We’ve given bags full away to anyone that will have them, filled the freezer, made hot sauce, got a large bowlful of semi dry ones that will be made into a smoky chilli powder, and lots of the green jalapeños will be pickled. Phew. #chillies #chilliharvest #homegrownchillies #outdoorgrown
‘I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers’. I could happily spend days drawing and painting autumn leaves. Each one is unique and beautiful in its slowly dying state. #autumnleaves #mushrooms #autumn #illustration #naturejournal #paintedleaves #natureillustration
A couple more pictures of an autumn allotment. The dahlias and nasturtiums are holding out well. There’s plenty of leeks, a few Brussels sprouts, and parsnips to harvest over winter. We’ve planted countless over wintering onions, some garlic (some of last years stock still to plant) and the rest of the beds are covered with either green or farmyard manure. At least 2 beds have covered themselves with self sown wildflowers. There’s just one bed left at the top end which has a lot of bindweed root in there (despite my attempts to dig it out) so I think a few layers of cardboard (which I seem to be collecting of late) to TRY and suppress it over winter and into spring. I can but try. #allotmentuk #allotmentlife

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yin yang beans
garlic harvest
beetroot
garlic harvest
First sweetcorn
top plot + shed
broad beans
broad bean harvest
Bess n beans
red raspberries
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top plot May29
garlic basket
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leeks
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parsnip harvest
sweet williams June
rhubarb harvest
strawberry punnet
autumn flower bed
sweetpea flowers
allotment top end June
tools
alliums
plum harvest
courgettes
brussels plants
broad bean seed
mange-tout
tulips harvest

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