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August 19, 2014August 19, 2014Zoe

From allotment to kitchen

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

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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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