Artist in Residence - Christine Nicholls

Fruit and Vegetables

Rosie & Leon's produce 2016

Angelo's perfect peach

Squash invasion

If you plant your squash in through a layer of plastic sheeting, directly into the compost heap, things will get out of hand!

Growing your daily bread

Karen's plot produce

Karen's borlotti beans and berries

Melons from Mary's plot and Karen's sweetest allotment corn

Maggy's broad beans

summer bounty

Simon's apple tree

Fiona and Dan's December harvest

Plants and Flowers

A selection of non-veg plants on the allotments.

Bog Bean flower

Tulips

Polka dot ivy

Sunflowers

Maggy's roses

High summer down the path between rows O and P

Highgate Allotments in Autumn

Autumn colour

Honeysuckle and lilies

Insects and Animals

A selection of insects spotted on the allotment. If you know what what some of the un-named ones are precisely, please drop us a line as it would be nice to know.

Damsel Fly on Simon's plot

Pic by Daniel Hackett

Adult rose chafer

Pic - Daniel Hacket

Comma Butterfly

The comma butterfly, so named after a comma shaped mark on the underside of the hind wing. It hibernates over winter. The larva feeds on nettle, hops or elm.
Pic - Simon

Lost property

This little thing wandered into the site today! Eventually found its owner who was visiting friends on Yeatman rd. Dog was called Wendy... Very sweet. Lovely how lots of plot holders rallied around to help. Thanks to Jeanine, Sean, Hannah & girls, Fiona & Dan, Simon & Karen!
Pic - Karen

Dragonfly

Ladybird - harlequin

H. axyridis conspicua an invasive species.
For more info see: http://www.harlequin-survey.org/

Newt

Some kind of mimic fly

That dang fly again, perhaps

Several spiders

Bee on the wing above cosmos

Wasp's nest

... brand new by the looks of it; only one wasp emerged as we diligently removed it.

"... the beginning of the creation of a wasps nest. The queen wasp will chew wood pulp to create the first cells in which to lay eggs. The colony may gradually increase the size of the nest to the diameter of a football adding further layers of wood pulp. Only newly raised queens will survive the winter to start the process again"

ART

All HAA members may submit images of artworks featuring the allotment site.

Recently we have had the good fortune to have Susan Rocklin, an Artist in residence creating work about the allotments. She said "It has been a privilege to work in this enchanting place, right in the centre of the city. I wish to thank Jim for allowing me onto the allotments at the end of last summer. I am also grateful to Simon and Jeanine for helping me in many ways and wish to extend thanks to all the allotment holders with whom I have spoken."