8th August 2004

• Quite a task
• Weeds at the front
• Somewhere a shed is hidden among the brambles
• Looking from the back to the front
• First day's heap
• End of day one's improvement

14th August 2004

• Half way back
• Progress against the brambles

21st August 2004

• First site of the shed
• Slow but steady progress

28th August 2004

• About half way along the edge
• Opposite side clearance
• Better access to the shed

30th August 2004

• Slow but thorough
• Similar progress opposite
• View from the front
• The first bonfire of many

8th September 2004

• Residue of the second bonfire

10th September 2004

• Strimmed with sheeting down
• More progress towards the shed

25th September 2004

• Cleared to one corner
• The shed uncovered
• Humble beginnings
• Raging inferno
• Aftermath

3rd October 2004

• Carpeting
• First area of digging
• Back view and compost heap
• Keeping the dogs out

10th October 2004

• Small bonfire
• Large bonfire
• Still smoking

24th October 2004

• White sheeting removed
• More areas dug
• Lots of mess

31st October 2004

• View through the gate on a damp morning
• View from the new shed/barn
• A labour of love and effort (awaiting guttering)

12th November 2004

• More dug and a tidier front
• View through the gate

14th November 2004

• Frosty morning

19th December 2004

• Not long for this world...
• Compost bay A
• Lots of pea stakes and the makings of another bonfire

26th December 2004

• View from the back (shed roof no longer attached)
• Moon over the garden (note broken shed pieces)

5th February 2005

• Lots more digging done
• A high quality bonfire
• View from the front
• Panorama

21st February 2005

• Snowy panorama

19th March 2005

• Finally planting something (currant bushes in this case)
• Some of our new neighbours

10th April 2005

• Beans and peas (the windy bed ;-)

2nd May 2005

• Lots of weed growth after rain and sun
• Broad beans doing well after a good hoeing
• What we aspire to (my father's allotment)

5th May 2005

• Evening sun view
• Modest strawberry bed (with flowers!)

29th May 2005

• Carrots and spinach
• Peas all staked up
• Broad beans
• Know your onions
• Potatoes
• Strawberries all safely protected

30th May 2005

• Feeding the new neighbours

2nd June 2005

• Temporary greenhouse (with tomato plants)
• Protecting the cabbage from pigeons
• View from the centre
• A glorious thing to be(e)

17th June 2005

• Strawberries doing well, some almost ready!
• Strimmed and tidier front
• A view down a pea aisle
• Carrots and spinach
• Runner beans heading skywards

21st June 2005

• Pumpkins doing nicely
• Beans going wild!
• Recycling CDs
• Cabbages and cauliflowers
• She's a heifer plain and simple!

11th July 2005

• Much tidier at the front (with lavender)
• Leeks planted out
• Leeks, radish, lettuce, cauliflower and cabbage
• Sweet corn doing well

16th July 2005

• Large pumpkin flowers
• Hopefully protected against pests
• First sunflower
• Strawberry runners

24th July 2005

• Very nice radishes
• Grapefruit sized pumpkin
• Clearance deja-vu

26th July 2005

• Latest Panorama

3rd August 2005

• Inevitable "that shallot" joke...
• View through the new gate
• Lots of runner beans
• Nicely growing pumpkins
• Lots of green tomatoes

8th August 2005. One year on.

• Quite a task
• Fewer weeds at the front
• Somewhere a shed was hidden among the brambles
• Looking from the back to the front

25th August 2005

• Best thing for dismal pea crop
• Onions, radish, lettuce and tarpauline
• Sweet corn close to picking
• Nice pair of pumpkins
• Lots of ripening tomatoes
• First crop of carrots

1st September 2005

• Getting bigger and more orange
• Lavendar at the front doing well

2nd October 2005

• Last crop of potatos
• Modest collection of pumpkins
• Starting to get ready for winter

31st October 2005

• Bigger, browner, bolted down!
• Halloween pumpkins

23rd December 2005

• Looking south
• Looking north
• Remaining leeks

15th January 2006

• Dug for Britain!
• More areas ready for the new season

23rd March 2006

• Two pear trees and one apple tree
• Nicely prepared areas
• Much tider at the front plus new fence
• New home for currant bushes and asparagus
• All prepared for the new season

8th April 2006

• Shallots and onions
• Propagation galore
• Lettuce doing nicely
• Looking north

6th May 2006

• Sprouts and cabbages
• Three rows of peas
• Chrysanthemums at the front
• Shallots, onions and garlic
• Beans (broad and runner)

18th May 2006

• Soft fruit protected
• Peas doing nicely
• After a bit ot tidying
• Somewhere nice

27th May 2006

• Intricate bean supports
• Everything looking good

8th June 2006

• Broccolli
• Looking down runner bean alley

23rd June 2006

• Wild poppies
• Tomatoes
• Pumpkins
• Good crop of onions
• Beans two weeks on
• Strawberries almost ready

13th July 2006

• Nice pumpkin/marrow patch
• Broad beans and runners to the right
• Sweetcorn, tomatoes and broccoli
• Poppies and sunflowers in the background
• Better cabbages and cauliflowers this year
• Beginnings of a marrow/courgette

28th July 2006

• Peas suffering in the drought
• Sweetcorn better off 'though
• Huge sunflowers
• Different marrows
• Take off

15th August 2006

• New home for some cabbage and cauliflowers
• Artichokes growing nicely
• Large hidden pumpkins
• Two types of tomato
• Stronger bean supports
• My pride and joy ;-)

1st October 2006

• Odd shaped pumpkins
• Caulilowers at last
• Mad nastertium!
• Looking south in Autumn

28th October 2006

• Ready for winter (1)
• Ready for winter (2)
• Ready for winter (3)