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May in the Allotment

Here are some photos from May in the allotment. April blossom has started to fruit!

April in the Allotment

Some photos from April in the Allotment. A beautiful time of year with all the different blossom!

March Recipe – Salmon and sorrel sauce

Saumon à l’oseille is a popular French dish served in bistros across the country at this time of year when sorrel is fresh and plentiful. Although now considered traditional it was invented in 1973 by the Troisgros brothers in Roanne. Our sorrel has larger leaves and...

February Recipe – Jerusalem Artichokes Three Ways

Jerusalem Artichokes Three Ways I had this as a starter at the Landgate Bistro in Rye and have tweaked it and cooked it at home, finding it a tasty and nutritious way of using one of the few allotment vegetables still available in late February. If you are not...
Slow Worms

Slow Worms

This is one of the many slow worms who live in our compost bin on the allotment, photographed in July 2019. They enjoy...

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Autumn Show

Autumn Show

Banstead Horticultural Society invited us to enter exhibits in their Autumn Show this year. We were delighted to be able to make a strong contribution to a highly successful event.

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Curly Kale

Curly Kale

Kale is very fashionable these days but curly kale crops well, and early, tastes sweeter, and looks great!

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Early carrot crop

Early carrot crop

Early carrot crop picked today. This is Amsterdam Forcing which can be planted later than Early Nantes and still be...

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Jan and Julie’s plot

Jan and Julie’s plot

Jan & Julie have given up their first plot. For 13 years it's been a true labour of love Jan and Julie converted...

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Bees

Bees

Last year Simon Little introduced bees to the allotment for the first time with two hives at the back of his plot. Now...

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Robins

Robins

Spring in the allotment has brought these cute little robins to visit. Here are a couple of photos (click to enlarge)

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