Ali P 🌱

Not just veg from the allotment!🌸🌻🌱

Allotment pond

My allotment greenhouse didn't make it through the February storms so I made a pond in it's place! Only problem is I spend too much time watching the pond critters rather than weeding the plot! 🦟🪳🐌🌱

Fresh food from allotment; cauliflowers, broccoli, peas, carrots and strawberries.

Lots of lovely food brought home from the allotment this evening! 🌱

People around a fire at night in the centre of Castlerigg stone circle, Keswick, UK

Castlerigg stone circle last night; summer solstice sunset. There was a huge thunderstorm which was awe inspiring! If you look carefully you can see the ancient stones in the shadows. Could be a scene from thousands of years ago!

Freshly pulled carrots from allotment

My first carrots this year!

Lupins looking lovely on the allotment! 🌱🌻

Small pea plants in raised bed at allotment.

Peas planted out!🌱

Thank you! I sowed phacelia green manure last Autumn, dug it in about 3 weeks ago, then raked, seems to have done the trick. Let's see how the potatoes grow!

I'm in north east of England!

Pear tree blossom

Such lovely pear tree blossom on the allotment. Hope I get some pears this year 🌱

Potatoes being planted in allotment

The first 2 rows of potatoes are in! 🌱

Freshly dug bed on allotment.

Getting ready for the potatoes! 🌱

Rhubarb, freshly picked from the allotment.

First rhubarb of the year from the allotment! 🌱

An old tree in Fanal forest, Madeira

A beautiful old tree, Fanal forest, Madeira 🌳

Snowdrops in the rain

Snowdrops in the rain yesterday afternoon 🌱

It looks fantastic!

It is, saved some panes of glass, might make a cold frame.

Greenhouse destroyed by Storm Eowyn.

Sadly, the greenhouse on my allotment didn't make it through Storm Eowyn 😢 🌱

Durham cathedral with reflection in River Weir

Boxing day reflections... Durham Cathedral looking lovely this afternoon

Beautiful. I love how almost all allotment photos feature an old brick, what would we do without them? ☺️

Yellow and pink dahlias

They were lovely, here's a photo of some

Freshly dug dahlia tubers

Finished work early so I could spend a couple of hours on the allotment. Lifted the dahlias which we grew from seed this year. Exciting to see the tubers, first time growing dahlias! 🌱🌸

Borage

This borage was growing in my garden in September 2021, so striking 🌱🌸

So beautiful 😍

Freshly dug potatoes and a leek

Just back from the allotment, my first ever leek! So many potatoes...! 🌱

Same here 😂

Cosmos still flowering in November

Cosmos dead after snow fall in November

Oh dear...cosmos 2 weeks ago-v-cosmos today after snow 😔🌱

Garden covered in snow

Snow has arrived in County Durham! ❄️

Me! Planned a fruit cage build at 5:30 this morning! Pretty sure I have enough old bits of wood and net...

Great to still be getting fresh food from the allotment! Sadly, last of the beetroot and tomatoes for this year 🍅🌱