Down on the Allotment

Matron grows vegetables and fruit in a Hampshire garden. I've been growing veggies since I was knee high to a grasshopper. Some traditional varieties and old favourites as well as new ideas. I share my garden with my allotment assistant Daisy the Labrador. On Twitter as @MatronsVeggies

Wednesday, March 20, 2019

Peach Tree Pollination

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 Look at my peach tree! Beautiful peach blossom is usually one of the first fruit trees to come into flower.  This espalier pruned tree is...
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Sunday, February 17, 2019

Spring Plantings

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 Now that I'm living down here in Hampshire, I made a trip across to the Isle of Wight recently.  I bought some Elephant Garlic cloves...
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Monday, February 04, 2019

A New Venture!

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 As the days are gradually getting longer, my purple sprouting broccoli is beginning to respond by starting to produce florets.  And ev...
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Wednesday, January 09, 2019

Happy New Year

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 Happy New Year everyone!  I am thrilled to say that the dreaded leek moth has not yet found my garden!  Even on a fairly poor, sandy soi...
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Friday, November 09, 2018

Matron goes winkling!

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 This takes me back to childhood holidays in Cornwall!  Whilst out on a seaside walkies along the Solent I saw these winkles - or common p...
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Tuesday, October 23, 2018

Chickens!

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 I collected three hybrid layers a couple of weeks ago.  They have settled down really quickly and started laying beautiful eggs almost st...
Thursday, October 04, 2018

Hot Stuff!

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 I've been picking chillis nearly every day now.  Wait until they are fully red and then harvest them.  This will enable unripe chilli...
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Monday, September 17, 2018

Matron's Maggoty Apples

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 I have two beautiful apple trees in my new garden.  They are so lovely and I have enjoyed sitting under the shade of the trees this hot S...
Thursday, September 06, 2018

Matron goes to the Village Show

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 I moved down to the New Forest in April this year, to a beautiful Village called Sway.  So of course one thing I did straight away was to...
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Powdery Mildew

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 I bet all of you out there suffer from powdery mildew at this time of year.  It is inevitable really, in dry weather it tends to become m...
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I was born 20 yards from our allotment. My parents used to 'dig for victory' and never got out of the habit. I grew up on an allotment, so growing veggies is a way of life. I am also qualified as a dog behaviourist and I have set up my own business, www.blackdogdna.com
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