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August 18, 2018August 18, 2018Zoe

More than just a patch of earth

April 28, 2018April 29, 2018Zoe

Ten year anniversary

March 23, 2016May 31, 2016Zoe

Marching forth

February 21, 2015February 21, 2015Zoe

Little signs of spring

January 15, 2015January 15, 2015Zoe

Getting ordered

June 18, 2014June 18, 2014Zoe

Filling up and filling out

Welcome!

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

On the home 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.

The shop page shows 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.

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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We took a chance in planting the first of our potatoes yesterday evening, as the weather was so lovely. I say ‘we’ - the most I did was take this photo 😅. These are Ratte which I’ve not tried before. Looking forward to harvesting them already. I wasn’t completely idle, I sowed a row of carrot seed and spring onions, did a bit of hoeing, and made a start on pulling out some of the kale. Some of it is about to flower (which I’ll leave for the bees) but mostly it’s been demolished by the pigeons. It’s just so nice to be pottering around the plot of an evening. 🌤🌱🥔
First bunch of spring onions of the year. They were sown last autumn sometime, I can’t remember exactly, but they’ve been in the ground all winter. Amazing they’ve survived. I love them stirred into scrambled eggs with a bit of cheese. 😋
Desperate to get these beauties in the ground. Had planned it for today, but then life and the weather had other plans 😏. Hopefully we’ll get down there a couple of evenings this week, the weather looks much more promising in the days ahead. Have you planted your spuds yet? 🥔🥔🥔 #potatoeschitting #allotmentuk #sprouting #veggardening #growyourownfood
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Tomato babies, keeping warm inside, well away from the snow and frost out there 🥶. They’re tiny yet compared to some people’s, but that’s okay, it’s not a race and I don’t have the luxury of a greenhouse to grow them in, so they can take their sweet time while the weather sorts itself out.
Forced rhubarb - one of nature’s more colourful offerings. 💖

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garlic basket
yin yang beans
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tools
sweetpea flowers
sweet williams June
mange-tout
plum harvest
red raspberries
sunflower seed head
allotment top end June
First sweetcorn
top plot May29
parsnip harvest
bucket o' squash2
Bess n beans
garlic harvest
rhubarb harvest
broad bean harvest
sprouts
broad bean seed
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brussels plants
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alliums
autumn flower bed
strawberry punnet
beetroot
garlic harvest
courgettes
broad beans
leeks
top plot + shed
tulips harvest

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