My mother's allotment
​Clapton, 1947

This is my brother Simon on my mum's allotment in Springfield Park. 

My first allotment
in Bristol 1970

My allotment since 2005 in Walthamstow 

This is my son Saul on my first allotment on Rownham Hill, across the River Avon by Clifton Suspension Bridge. Click here to see more.

This is my daughter, Jenny, with scarecrow Alfonse (created by Arkem) on our allotment at Chestnut Farm.  

So gardening has always been part of my life, but I'm still learning.   Eva, my younger daughter posts allotment pictures on Facebook most weeks.  And we have a Whatsapp group for all the people who help us regularly or every now and then.

Organic gardening??
These slugs avoided the "organic" poisoned pellets, sneaked past my regular torch-light patrols and left their glistening trails across barriers of baked egg shells, deterrent gel and a carpet of wool pellets.  Did they climb over the copper strips round my plastic pots or do I need to construct an anti-tunneling barrier? Or just pay £1 for a  lovely organic lettuce from Walthamstow Farmers' Market!

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