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Allotment life.... Largely images and information about our successes and failures from our allotments in the centre of England. Mostly no dig, mostly raised beds apart from the fruit and potatoes which are in tubs. We keep chickens too and even though we have been doing this for a number of years we learn something new every week. It can be hard and exhausting but at the same time it can be rewarding and fascinating. We love itโ€ฆ

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This year weโ€™ve grown just six beds of field or fava beans ๐Ÿซ˜ Five beds of Vespa field beans and one bed of Sutton Dwarf broad beans (Fava) The Sutton have already flowered and set beans so weโ€™ll have a crop soon ๐Ÿ˜› The Vespa are getting taller and starting to show flowers. These produce tiny beans, many more per plant๐Ÿชด and they are so tasty ๐Ÿ˜‹ #Allotment #Today #GrowYourOwn #Gardening

Sutton Dwarf broad beans
Baby beans appearing on the Sutton Dwarf plants

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Greenhouse changes ๐Ÿ˜Ž One of the reasons we accepted this allotment a few years ago was the greenhouse ๐Ÿค” We knew that we could fix the issues with the structure and state of the plot ๐Ÿซฃ Here a a couple of before and after images #Allotment #Gardening #GrowYourOwn #Today

Greenhouse the day we first saw it a few years ago
The front was restored first then some of the glass replaced
Last to be done were the raised beds inside the greenhouse

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Tomato time ๐Ÿ… We have planted the vine tomatoes this morning ๐ŸŒ… 6 Honey Comb and 11 Black Moon. Both exhausting and exciting ๐Ÿ˜Ž Just 8 Summerlast bush tomatoes left to plant ๐Ÿ‘ We have also planted marigolds and basil in front of the watering pots ๐Ÿ˜Ž#Allotment #Today #GrowYourOwn #Gardening

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One more task completed ๐Ÿ‘ Brassicas planted out and the aubergine bed ๐Ÿ† ready to plant up soon ๐Ÿ˜Ž #Allotment #Today #GrowYourOwn #Gardening

Brassicas planted in two beds under netting
Bed clear in the polytunnel ready to plant aubergines

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This year weโ€™re following a YouTuber called Chilli Chump and his recommendations for soil preparation when planting chillies ๐ŸŒถ๏ธ and peppers ๐Ÿซ‘ in pots. Hereโ€™s hoping for success ๐Ÿ‘ For every 10 parts of compost add 1 part of vermiculite,1 part of perlite, 1/2 a part of fish blood & bone, 1/10th of epsom salts and 1/100th of mycorrhizal fungi ๐Ÿ˜Ž The planting pots will be 11 litre pots, a little larger than the pots that he uses but thatโ€™s what we have hereโ—๏ธ #Allotment #Today #GrowYourOwn #Gardening

Preparing for the new layout and using the large tray for mixing everything
New pots filled and ready for planting

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Weโ€™re off into the wild and warm weather ๐ŸŒฆ๏ธ So down to the plot came the cucumber ๐Ÿฅ’ plants and out came the squash and courgettes to harden off ๐Ÿคž#Allotment #Today #GrowYourOwn #Gardening

Out for the squash and courgettes

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Flower time this morning ๐ŸŒ… Moved a tray of twelve lupins outside ๐Ÿค“ and started to collect everything needed to pot up a floribunda red rose called eternity ๐ŸŒน #Allotment #Today #GrowYourOwn #Gardening

A red rose called eternity is going into this 60 litre tub

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Once the next three days of cold weather ๐Ÿฅถ has passed we have to get these brassicas out and planted ๐Ÿ‘ All looking healthy๐Ÿ˜Ž The Kale & Chard will be first as they are getting bigger by the day ๐Ÿค“ #Allotment #Today #GrowYourOwn #Gardening

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Absolutely beautiful blossom on the dwarf Granny Smith apple tree ๐Ÿ #Allotment #Today #GrowYourOwn #Gardening

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Made some wild garlic butter ๐Ÿงˆ A few of the white petals of the wild garlic ๐Ÿง„ flowers and a block of butter ๐Ÿค“Whizzed together and pasted into nine squares of an ice cube tray ready to freeze๐Ÿ˜œ So nice ๐Ÿ‘#Allotment #Today #GrowYourOwn #Gardening

Garlic butter and pasted into nine ice cube tray squares ready to freeze

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May seem excessive but if we donโ€™t eat them fast enough we have the chickens ๐Ÿ“ who love cucumbers ๐Ÿฅ’ Four of each: Mini Munch, Passandra and Picolino (and a couple spare to give away to plot neighbours ๐Ÿ‘) #Allotment #Today #GrowYourOwn #Gardening

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Brassica plants doing well and will be planted out next week ๐Ÿ‘ the corn ๐ŸŒฝ is popping through and the coriander clumps are speeding along ๐Ÿ˜Ž #Allotment #GrowYourOwn #Gardening #Today

Corn seeds showing signs of life
Clumps of coriander in small pots

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The following are the conditions we work with at our #allotment ๐Ÿ‘

Middle of England ( UK )
Latitude 52n
Hardiness Zone 8
Temperature range -10ยฐ - +32ยฐ C
Altitude above sea level 150m
Average annual precipitation 800mm - 1400mm
Average annual humidity 70-90 %

As requested by Nervensรคge ๐Ÿ’ @Irisfreundin

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Maybe itโ€™s just the ways things go but we always seem to miss putting seeds in one cell in a tray far to often these days ๐Ÿ˜Žโ€ผ๏ธ๐Ÿ˜Ž Basil in five of the six cells ๐Ÿคฃ #Allotment #GrowYourOwn #Gardening #Today

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Thatโ€™s the onions ๐Ÿง… moved outside ๐Ÿ‘ For the next three weeks they can enjoy the inclement weather before we plant them in their final locations ๐Ÿ˜Ž #Allotment #GrowYourOwn #Gardening #Today AAA

Onions moved outside under netting

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@stfn We do not sell them. We store them and have not bought onions for many years ๐Ÿ˜Ž We do give some away to friends, family members and neighbours ๐Ÿ‘

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@stfn thought it may be easier to show you. We keep them year round in bakers crates on top of the bantamsโ€™ coop

Bakers crates sitting on top of the bantam coop

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Last 2.5 kg of forced rhubarb picked this morning ๐Ÿ˜Ž Going to make some rhubarb and ginger jelly to store ๐Ÿ‘ #Allotment #GrowYourOwn #Gardening #Today

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Morning view on the allotment today ๐ŸŒ… #Allotment, #Today, #GrowYourOwn, #Gardening

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Couldnโ€™t help it โ—๏ธ We have bought some Edenrose hard neck garlic ๐Ÿง„ to try ๐Ÿ˜› We have not grown hard neck garlic or planted in the Spring before so weโ€™ll see how it grows ๐Ÿ‘ Twenty eight cloves in a raised bed and three spare cloves in small pots #Allotment, #Today, #GrowYourOwn, #Gardening

Edenrose garlic label
Three spare garlic cloves
Three small potato which we have planted the garlic

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Spring may be closer than we think ๐Ÿค” Strawberries ๐Ÿ“ planted and the first sign of the horseradish making an appearance ๐Ÿ‘ #Allotment, #Today, #GrowYourOwn, #Gardening

Horseradish pushing through the ground

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Onion and Leek โ€“ update ๐Ÿ˜Ž Hard to believe that these were planted only five days ago on 26 December and they are all showing through this morning ๐Ÿ‘ This year we have planted Red Creole, Red Baron then some Walla Walla & Globo which are yellow onions and some spare Musselburgh leeks ๐Ÿ˜œ #Allotment, #Today, #GrowYourOwn, #Gardening

After five days the onions are popping up
After five days the onions are popping up

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@levampyre We are also 7 (middle of England) Used to start them in January but wanted to follow tradition this year and see if that make a difference.

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@levampyre under a garland grow light in a room thatโ€™s between 19 & 21 degrees

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Must try harder โ—๏ธ We planted five sprout plants this year and have only used two for Christmas meals ๐ŸŽ„ Have to think of meals in which we can use the remaining three plants ๐Ÿ˜Š #Allotment, #Today, #GrowYourOwn, #Gardening

Sprouts in a netted cage

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