July in the Allotment – high summer now with an abundance of flowers, fruit and vegetables.

July in the Allotment – high summer now with an abundance of flowers, fruit and vegetables.
June is the month of peas and broad beans. Here are some photos from the allotment in June 2022.
Here are some photos from May in the allotment. April blossom has started to fruit!
Jan & Julie have given up their first plot. For 13 years it's been a true labour of love Jan and Julie converted...
Last chillies picked now the frosts have begun. We freeze chillies in ice cube trays for cooking and string the dried...
Simon's honey is a great success. You can get it at 1 Calbresi Deli Caffe, Coulsdon. If you haven't already tried it,...
Smitham allotments were again successful at the Coulsdon & District Horticultural Association's Autumn Show. Eddie...
Pond in the allotments with frogspawn and toadspawn. Let's hope they develop into the slug and snail eating machines...
Our auditor, Chris Hunt, sadly passed away suddenly last month, aged 57. She was a wonderful, bubbly woman who did so...
Sunday 15th May dawned sunny and bright. An ideal day for the planned clear-up of communal areas. There was a good...
Spring arrived late this year in Smitham allotments. First the cold and frosts, followed by rain, rain, cold, and more...
Pauline Ben-Ari has been awarded Best Newcomer 2014 for her plot by the Croydon Federation of Allotments (CFAGS). Not...
On Friday evening Joe Callanan and a few fellow plotholders held an impromptu party to celebrate the anniversary of...