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The popping corn is seducing me with its silk tassels like the big, feathery fans of a burlesque dancer! 💃🏻 . I have two varieties growing, this red popping corn and an early sweet one. 💛🌽 This is only the second time I’ve grown my own corn. I was so disheartened when the cobs were stolen 🐀 the first time round that I didn’t bother again. Given the numerous disasters I’ve had so far this year with rodents, I’m not sure how the corn will fair. I have seen somebody mention that they protect their cobs (once pollenated) with a plastic bottle. I might give that a try! . I hand pollenated those sexy tassels (thanks for the tip @epicgardening) so fingers crossed I’ll have some fat cobs to come! 🤞🏻😁👩🏻‍🌾 . 🌽Red Popping Corn Strawberry 🍓 . #allotment #growyourown #poppingcorn #sexyveg #sweetcorn #growwhatyoueat #allotmentlife #gardening #ediblegarden #vegetablegarden #gardenersofinstagram #organicgardening
My allotment gate now has its own personalised sign thanks to the amazing work of @omasgardens 🎨 ✨ It has travelled all the way from Texas 🇺🇸 to get to me and I’m so in love with it! She has included the hawthorn tree that grows over my gate, my favourite dahlias, trug and even a little bumble bee! 🐝 The colours are so vibrant and the detail is so pretty! It’s absolutely perfect. Thank you so much @omasgardens 🌟 Please do give my friend a follow because she also grows her own food and has a beaming smile that’ll brighten your day. 💞☀️
The Sugar Rush Peach chilli certainly lives up to its name! 🍑🌶 This is a new variety for me this year and the plant is absolutely PROLIFIC! It’s smothered in chillies and this is the first to ripen to that silky, peach colour. It’s sweet, fruity and has a tolerable heat. I can’t wait to make a sweet chilli jam with these beauties! 🤤🔥🌶 . 💌 Thank you for the seeds @forest_city_chilies . #growyourownfood #allotment #chillies #chillilovers #growwhatyoueat #homegrown #grownfromseed #organicgardening #eatfresh #chemicalfree #gardenersofinstagram #greenfingers #allotmentlife
The tomatoes are being harvested at a steady rate now but I can’t help but feel like I’ve been spoilt by the long, hot summer of 2018. ☀️ I know I shouldn’t, but it’s hard not to compare harvests to the previous year. It seems that a lot of the heat loving crops are slow to ripen this year and the cool loving berries are a bit early. We had it good in the 2018 year, if anything too good! September is going to be a very busy month for harvesting and preserving, making a variety of pickled things, chutneys and sauces! . 🍅 Sweet Million, Sun Gold & Banana Legs . #wheredidsummergo #allotment #harvest #growyourown #eatfresh #tomatoes #organicgardening #homegrown #ediblegarden #grownfromseed #allotmentlife #garden #growwhatyoueat #vegetablegarden
✨ GIVEAWAY NOW CLOSED - Congratulations to the winner, @the_cecils_allotment_journey ✨To mark the end of National Allotments Week I’ve teamed up with no-dig gardening guru, @charles_dowding to give away a *signed* copy of his book, ‘How to create a new Vegetable Garden’. This book is prefect for the beginner gardener or somebody who is looking to apply no-dig principles to a new vegetable garden or allotment. To enter, simply make sure that you’re following myself and @charles_dowding and leave a comment on this post! ✨ . Giveaway is open to the U.K. only (sorry!) and ends midnight Sunday. The winner will be chosen at random and contacted on Monday at 10am. Giveaway is not endorsed by Instagram. Good luck! 🌿👩🏻‍🌾 . #allotment #growyourown #nodig #gardening #charlesdowding #vegetablegarden #nationalallotmentsweek
👩🏻‍🌾 It’s the end of #nationalallotmentsweek and I’m feeling very grateful. Not just for the patch of land that I have transformed and made my own, but also for the deliciously fresh produce that grows from it, my allotment neighbours who are always there for a chat and YOU, the online gardening community, because together we make the friendliest corner of the internet! A lot has changed in my life over the last 5 years including my epic career change! It was this time last year that I received the offer to work as a gardener on the private estate. I left my office job last September, I’ve never looked back it’s all because of my allotment! I’m very fortunate and I realise how lucky I am to have a job that I love. I never knew I had such a devoted love for gardening in me! It doesn’t matter if you don’t have an allotment, do a bit of gardening on whatever scale you can indoors or out! Thanks for being such beautiful, supportive community. Stay tuned for a giveaway post tomorrow! ✨🌿 . #nationalallotmentweek #growyourown #dowhatyoulove #grateful #allotment #myhappyplace #growwhatyoueat #vegetablegarden #shed #nottingham #allotmentgarden #gardenersofinstagram
Its 8 pm. The sun is slowly setting and I’m sat here with my brewing mug of tea. I hear a robin chirping above the city sounds from the hawthorn tree in the hedge. Occasionally I hear a siren, a reminder that my secret garden is only a stones throw away from the bustling city. I fling my teabag into the compost bin. It makes a THWAP sound as it hits the wooden sides, I missed. I have some Pelargonium cuttings in front of me. They arrived in the post today from a lady in a plant swap Facebook group. I’m going to sit here on my grey bench and pot them up, whilst enjoying the intoxicating sweet smell of the honeysuckle behind me. It’s National Relaxation Day today which happens to coincide National Allotment Week. My allotment is my way of relaxing, it’s not all hard graft. It’s so important to take time for yourself to enjoy the little things and for me right now, this is it. . 🐝 Yes, the wellies are new! They were kindly gifted to me by @joules 💛
☀️Sunshiny squash on a rainy summer day. You know the variety right? Yep, it’s Uchiki Kuri, the squash that’s really trending for 2019! 🧡 It’s a new one for me and I can see at least 5 growing so far. I’m surprised to see that this pair is almost ready for picking! 😮 🧡 TIP - Raise your squash and pumpkins off the ground to prevent the base from rotting. 🌧 Use a piece of broken terracotta pot, a piece of slate or something similar to keep it off the wet soil. #nationalallotmentweek #growyourown #growwhatyoueat #allotment #gardeningtip #gardener #organicgardening #allotmentlife #squash #uchikikuri
Today marks the start of National Allotment Week! 🌻 I’m kicking things off with my latest harvest of homegrown goodies because food that we have grown ourselves should be celebrated! 🎊 It’s plastic free, chemical free and tastes oh so much better than anything you could find in the shops. I have a thing for the purples at the moment and I’m going to make a purple pesto for dinner with a big bunch of ‘Midnight’ basil followed by a blackberry and apple crumble 😋💜 What’s on your plate to celebrate? 👩🏻‍🌾🍏🍽🍅🌿 . #nationalallotmentweek #growyourownfood #homegrown #allotment #ediblegarden #growwhatyoueat #harvest #chemicalfree #nationalallotmentsweek #allotmentlife #gardener #gardenersofinstagram #allotmenteer
My visit to the plot this afternoon was a brief one to check for damage and harvest a few crops for dinner. 🍽 I was so relieved to find it survived unscathed after the stormy weather over the last few days. I know that not all of us have been so lucky. ⛈😔 The mesh on my carrot bed is still in place, protecting my carrots from carrotfly. I took a peek inside and was excited to see their beautiful feathery tops. 🥕 I hope that the weekend has treated you well and that your plot survived the storm! 💚 . #allotment #growyourownfood #raisedbed #gardening #allotmentlife #docmartens @drmartensofficial #docs #drmartens #gardenersofinstagram #ediblegarden #growwhatyoueat #vegetablegarden #eatfresh #organicgardening
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