I got my allotment! POST from 30th August.

All mine

On 30th August the allotment officially became mine.

My greenhouse

This is how it was looking by the end of Summer.

Aubergine

Aubergines and tomatoes in the greenhouse.

Tommy a toes

Runner bean wigwams did well this year.

Pound shop runner beans

I inherited some artichokes and lots of borage which has self-seeded everywhere.

Artichokes

Runners

Aubergine flower

Erbie

This was early on in the Summer, I got given lettuce seedlings, bean plants and the aubergine by friendly fellow allotmenteers.

Early Summer

Chocolate cosmos

James Grieves apple

I'm in the process of trying to dig out a tree stump.

Tree stump to go

This was at the end of May, I cleared a strip where the artichokes were.

Courgette

This is when I got it, slightly unloved but still perfect.

With a handy water supply.

An apple tree - James Grieves variety.

I have used these bits of wood to make a compost heap.

I was rather overgrown, I found a path around the greenhouse!

There is a path under this grass!

This is a cherry tree, I've planted wild strawberries and forget-me-nots underneath now.

cherry

Borage under the apple tree.

apple and borage

gosseberry

This is a gooseberry bush!

fig

And a wonderful fig.

Artichokes before being cleared of grass.

artichoke being strangled by grass

comfrey

Comfrey great for making liquid fertiliser.

My plans keep changing, but presently I'm leaning towards a peonie and rose bed interplanted with kale.