Progress Report

Plot Weeding Ultimatum and a Prize

July 19, 2010
Plot Weeding Ultimatum and a Prize

The committee ladies accosted us at the gates and threw down an ultimatum. Apparently our plot needed weeding and weeding quick. We had 3 days. They then told us that we had won the best new comers award – no congratulations implied. Apparently we were now in the running for best new comers in the [...]

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Mid-May Plot Tour

May 23, 2010
Mid-May Plot Tour

Here’s a quick whizz around the plot on a hot day in May. The peaches are coming on a treat, the spuds bounced back from the frost check, beans are ready for the risotto and the fox is getting cheeky.

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Month in Pictures – March/April

May 19, 2010
Month in Pictures - March/April
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Secret Stash

October 21, 2009
Secret Stash

We decided to show mercy to our remaining forks by building raised beds in the concrete zone and filling them with the soft crumbly mound of compost piled high in the Clampett’s yard section of the plot. Lynn spent the best part of two days trying to clear this area of unmentionable cruddiness. Hundreds of [...]

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Two Plot Family

September 29, 2009
Two Plot Family

We went to examine a vacant plot last week and came away having signed on the dotted line. I see before me a winter of heavy digging in an attempt to tame yet another South West London allotment. It’s only two years ago that I took over the plot at North Sheen. That plot was [...]

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Month in Pictures – April Blitz

May 4, 2009
Month in Pictures - April Blitz

Most of this months pictures were the result of one weekend’s endeavours. A two pronged assault during a sunny break in the middle of the month proved to be an excellent opportunity for pulling the plot together. Weeds were pulled, beans were planted and my resident constructionist re-built last years rather poorly looking greenhouse. The [...]

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Months in Pictures – Jan to Mar 2009

April 21, 2009
Months in Pictures - Jan to Mar 2009

Here’s an almost wordless month in pictures update. I’m so far behind that I’m cramming 3 months into one mosaic and as I didn’t seem to make it to the plot much in those first 3 months, there isn’t a lot to say.

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Month in Pictures – December

December 31, 2008
Month in Pictures - December

  Life dried off a little for December and I managed to get down to the plot quite a few times. The grotty dark nights resulted in a couple of torchlit digging sessions but I also found myself shamed into a day of weeding after passing by on the train and noticing the big blocks off lush [...]

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