Some photos from April in the Allotment. A beautiful time of year with all the different blossom!
April in the Allotment
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Features
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...
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...
The Year of the Poppy 2014
We have been doing our bit to celebrate the centenary of the D-Day landings by growing poppies on the allotment (and I...
Joe celebrates 54 years as a plotholder!
On Friday evening Joe Callanan and a few fellow plotholders held an impromptu party to celebrate the anniversary of...
First Impressions – a year with an allotment
The phone call came out of the blue. 'Dad, I have taken on an allotment, would you like to give me a hand?' 'Yes of...
2012 A difficult year
2012 has proved the most difficult year in the allotment that any of us can remember. We lost our first - and...
Better beetroot
Our secretary, Mary, has just lifted the most beautifully formed lush beetroot I've ever seen! Certain prizewinners...
Onions or trees?
'What are you doing in amongst those trees?' asked Eddie, our Chairman. I was in the onion patch harvesting the...
New building taking shape …
The storage shed toilet facilities have now been completed and the water and drains connected. The landscaping has...
Smitham Show 2010
On 21 September Smitham Primary School held their first horticultural show in conjunction with Smitham Allotments...
Preparing the ground
From October 2008 to the early summer of 2009 Thames Water took over most of the site to install a 3metre square pipe...