Urban Fox: Snowdrops signal spring is on the way

Snowdrops have suddenly appeared in small clusters around the allotment site, leading the way ahead of the daffodils, hyacinths and tulips which too are beginning to show, signalling that spring really is on the way.Read

Urban Fox: Frost resistant plants are flourishing

A clear sunny day is enough to melt away a light frost but the droplets on a small, broken chandelier, suspended from a branch on a neighbour’s plot, remain looking much like icicles glistening in the winter sunlight.Read

Urban Fox: Wildlife pays me a winter visit

A sparkling layer of frost brightens up the allotment site in these sub-zero temperatures, especially on a sunny and cloudless winter’s day. Read

Urban Fox: Awaiting the green shoots of spring...

THERE has certainly now been plenty of rainfall following a dry early autumn and the water level on my plot has risen sharply,as tends to happen every year.Read

Urban Fox: Plants benefit from warm autumn

Once the first frosts had arrived the sudden collapse of the squash and nasturtium plants looked particularly catastrophic this autumn since they were sprawled over fairly large sections of the plot. Read

Urban fox: September sun has kept summer alive

THE allotment has kept its lively shades of green this warm and sunny September, although the leaves are now beginning to turn.Read

Urban Fox: Heed advice from other plotholders

A bonus to gardening on the allotment is the knowledge and advice given from other plotholders who are old hands at cultivation, in addition to the plant swapping that takes place at this time of year once the seedlings become large enough to be planted out. Read