This year we have seen some new rare species in our allotment! Below in the pictures you can see we have grown some grapes from the polytunnel, an apricot and some plums… All heritage and rather rare species now growing in Southend!
Category: Allotment
Allotment News – 13/05/2014
Well, there I am in my shed at the allotment and when I turn round I thought a mouse had made a nest in a pot on the shelf. Little did I think it would be a birds nest! All I can hope is they will come back! Out of interest, I think… It’s either a…
Turks cap squash and heritage tomato soup in photos
Turks cap squash and heritage tomato soup with garlic, onion & sweet potato Add ingredients in a roasting dish Pull silly faces (not totally vital – but it helps) Cover in oven at 150 degrees for 3 hour 15 or until all soft
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Grow Your Own
The growing your own section, has now become my OCD passion. I thought long and hard about this and it has been a labour of love, passion, sweat, blood (I rather stupidly ended up in A &E after drilling through my thumb) and research. The whole purpose of the heritage allotment coral was to set…
Set up and design of the heritage allotment coral
I knew I needed a few main structures, like a shed, a compost bin or three and I also knew that polytunnel would come in handy. As I am a bloke I also went on the premise that if a particular size will do, then if you go a few sizes bigger it will more…
Nutritional benefits of food colours
Do what? What the heck have colours got to do with food? This is a great one and something that I have really tried to design into my allotment, I told you I was a tad OCD in the design. Basically each food has a specific colour and each colour imparts different beneficial main types…