Allotment Growing Photo Gallery

A photographic history of 7 of our 8 years growing on allotments in Crewe, Cheshire along with some photographs of our garden and some I just thought you'd like to see! It's quite interesting to compare year against year.

We've moved now to a windy hillside in North Wales and are starting a new veg plot from scratch. More information here: Our Smallholding

You can follow our adventures here in our allotment diary

• September 2010
• August 2010
• July 2010
• June 2010
• May 2010
• April 2010
• March 2010
• February 2010
• January 2010
• December 2009
• November 2009
• October 2009
• September 2009
• August 2009
• July 2009
• June 2009
• May 2009
• April 2009
• March 2009
• February 2009
• December 2008
• November 2008
• October 2008
• September 2008
• August 2008
• July 2008
• June 2008
• May 2008
• April 2008
• March 2008
• February 2008
• January 2008
• December 2007
• November 2007
• October 2007
• September 2007
• August 2007
• July 2007
• June 2007
• May 2007
• April 2007
• March 2007
• February 2007
• January 2007
• December 2006
• November 2006
• October 2006
• September 2006
• August 2006
• July 2006
• June 2006
• May 2006
• April 2006
• Oggy's Allotment
• March 2006
• February 2006
• January 2006
• December 2005
• November 2005
• October 2005
• September 2005
• August 2005
• July 2005
• June 2005
• May 2005
• April 2005
• March 2005
• February 2005
• January 2005
• December 2004
• November 2004
• September 2004 - Winner's Certificate
• August 2004
• July 2004
• May 2004 - Plot 29 and a bit more
• May 2004 - Plot 5
• April 2004
• March 2004
• March 2004 - The Home Front
• December 2003

From the
Allotment Diaries

Vegetable Fruit & Herb Growing on my Allotment

Allotment Rent Rise Victory

A victory in the battle against extortionate allotment rent rises by cash strapped councils.

Solar Photovoltaic Panels & Feed in Tariffs

Buying solar panels to generate electricity. Maybe not as green as I'd like but makes financial sense.

Snow, what snow?

No snow but pretty cold in N Wales. Repairing the retaining wall and back path.

Glorious Day

Putting up a shelf for all those bits, chopping wood and some thoughts on keeping unproductive hens going.

Planting Garlic, Chitting Potatoes

Working in the potting shed and driven out of the house by power cut got me some bargains.

Busy Week & Runner Beans

Busy week, shocked by prices in the sales and new on the site: growing runner beans for show.

Chitting Potatoes, Logging & Missing Cat Home!

Chitting potatoes, moving the logs to store and really good news as the prodigal returns

Missing Cat, Logging & Loppers

Our cat is missing, clearing the orchard, tree felling and cheap loppers not a good buy

Garden Bonfires

Sorting out a mountain of hedge trimmings and answering questions about burning rubbish in an allotment bonfire.

Clearing the Overgrown Orchard

Cutting down a very, very overgrown privet hedge to let light back into the orchard