On Saturday 11 June Bristol’s growers are all set to open their garden gates and community plots for Bristol’s first ever Get Growing Garden Trail (10am–5pm). Here at Sims Hill we will be offering farm tours, a chance to join in one of our regular work days and a look at all the lovely fruit … Continue reading Sims Hill part of Get Growing Open Day 11 June!

This Saturday we will start building a compost toilet and renovating one of the railway trucks. We also need to get a few thistles dug up ready for cultivation, we have already dug five out of six patches with thistles, so this is the last patch (for now...) We will start at 10am and then … Continue reading Construction and de-thistling day at Sims Hill 28 May!

Tuesday saw us digging up thistles all day in the wind and drizzle..... Today saw us planting out tomatoes, and what a lovely day it was..... Living the dream:

There has not been much rain of late and we have no ponds or mains water yet. Once again David (our tractor man) and Betty (whose farm David runs out of) have come to our aid. Twice a week we are filling up David's 200 gallon (1100l) tanker at Betty's farm (on the other side … Continue reading Watering on the Hill

This Saturday at Sims Hill we will be continuing to plant out comfrey and will also be planting and sowing flowers from 10 to 1. Bring a hand trowel if you have one, a big drink, and a picnic for lunch about half past twelve. All welcome. You don't have to be a member of … Continue reading Planting comfrey and flowers work day 14 May

This Saturday at Sims Hill we will be planting peas and flowers starting at 10 o'clock. Bring a hand trowel if you have one, a big drink, and a picnic for lunch about half past twelve. It would be good to do a bit more clearing up by the railway trucks too, if anyone fancies … Continue reading Peas and Flowers Planting Day 23 April!

Great fun was had on Saturday with all generations enjoying the potato planting and tractor rides!

Along with a host of other committed community growing groups, Sims Hill will be hosting a stall 16-17 April on Merchant St. South as part of the Allotments Fair at the Bristol Garden Life Show. But don't expect the same old flyers and pitches you might be used to at these events. We are planning … Continue reading Sims Hill comes to the Allotments Fair 16-17 April!

This Saturday's workday is potato planting day! We have 3 main crop varieties to plant, that's 75 kg of seed potatoes! At the last workday twenty-eight of us had great fun planting 400 hedging plants (blackthorn, hazel, crab apple and dog rose) as well as planting a willow coppice. Planting starts at 10 am. Bring … Continue reading Potato Planting Day – Saturday 9 April

It is all starting to happen, horticulturally speaking. We have been busy sowing seeds in the polytunnel in town: spring onions, italian white onions, leaf beet, beet root, calabrese, cabbage, celeriac, tomatoes and peppers. Onion sets (35kg) and seed potatoes (25kg x 4) have arrived and are waiting to get planted in the next two … Continue reading News from the Hill – growers’ update