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September 14, 2017September 14, 2017Zoe

Preserving the Summer 

September 17, 2014September 17, 2014Zoe

Autumn update

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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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I almost missed my first #tomatotuesday 😁🍅 this is where mine are at. I’m so looking forward to seeing these babies grow up big and fat. 😋
The bottom end of my plot is looking pretty and full of buzzing bees. Beautiful white foxgloves, masses of blue cornflowers, hardy pink geranium under the fruit trees, and bright orange Californian poppies. Bliss. 🐝 🐝 🐝
May on the allotment and May wildflowers. How we’re zooming through June already! Scroll across to see full pages.
Four and a half jars of rhubarb and orange jam - marmalade? It’s somewhere between the two - jamalade? The half jar will go straight into the fridge once it cools down to be used up first. Looking forward to a dollop on my morning oats and yoghurt. 😋 #preserves #homemadejam #jammaking #rhubarbjam #plottopantry
The plot is finally starting to take shape. We planted the final sweet peppers and sweetcorn today, along with a few sunflowers. Just got a few brassicas and leeks to plant sometime in the next couple of weeks. It’s getting close to that point where the garlic and over wintered onions are ready to lift, but I don’t want to because the plot is full and looks great. 😂
My lettuce are a bit hit and miss this year. They were all thriving in May when we had all that rain. Now some look like this, and then some (see pic 2) look more like this - which is frankly how I feel in this hot weather! I have been watering them, but some just haven’t adapted to the sudden change in temperature. A good excuse to get sowing some more seeds! How’s everyone else doing with lettuce?

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