Pumpkins Varieties

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Pumpkin Varieties to try

Big Max Pumpkin
- Bright orange skin and firm sweet tasting flesh. Sow early March to mid-May at 15°C and plant out from end of May in rich, well prepared ground. Will grow to a giant size.
Dills Atlantic Giant Pumpkin
- Probably the largest growing pumpkin that can reach over 400kg in weight. Trailing habit. Fruits store for a long time.
Hundredweight Pumpkin
- The traditional Halowe'en pumpkin. Can attain huge weights if grown singly. Oval to round with deep orange flesh. Allow 200cm between plants.
Jack Be Little Pumpkin
- Beautiful small round orange fruits. Make the perfect serving dish for pumpkin soup once the flesh has been used. Late summer and autumn crop. Plant at 60cm spacing's.
Jack O' Lantern Pumpkin
- Perfect size for Halowe'en lights. Skin is golden orange and flesh is fine flavoured and deep orange. Stores through the winter. Plant at 90cm spacing's. Ready in about four months from sowing.
Tom Fox Pumpkin
- A well ribbed, medium to large deep orange colour Halloween type with great handles. They grow on long vines in a variety of shapes, very thick walled and heavy for their size. Size 12-24 lbs.

Category: Recipes

Perfect Roast Potatoes

Perfect Roast Potatoes
My foolproof way of getting that perfect roastie!

Rhubarb & Grenadine Crumble

Rhubarb & Grenadine Crumble
This has a great twist, the Grenadine adds great colour and taste to the rhubarb that will add that something special to your dessert!

Oca or Potato Homity Pie Recipe

Homity Pie

Homity pie is a traditional British open vegetable pie. The pastry case traditionally contains a filling of potatoes and an onion and leek mixture, which is then covered with cheese. It has a history that dates back to the efforts of the Land girls of the Second World War and the restrictions imposed by wartime rationing.

Category: The Growing Season

The Growing Season

The Growing Season varies in different parts of the United Kingdom, but in Hatfield Peverel we are blessed with a milder climate and enjoy a longer season than many parts of the country.

In this section of the web site I have tried to separate the season out into monthly sections to help and guide you through the most popular tasks and crops regularly grown on the allotment site, but if you would like a feature made of a particular vegetable or task, please get in touch and I will do my best to add it to the web site for you.

Jobs to do in July

Harvest should be bountiful and the allotment is in full swing

Now is the height of summer, the days endlessly long, temperatures usually at their peek and you should be reaping the rewards of your hard work in the preceding months. Watering in this month is crucial to stem off premature bolting, tomato blossom end rot and splitting skins.

Jobs to do in January

Jobs to do on the Allotment in January
January is generally a very cold month with hard frosts freezing the ground and when the ground isn't frozen it is generally too wet to do much although there are no guarantees with British weather. Looking through my diaries, snow isn't that likely for a prolonged period but you never know.

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