Common Ground’s
Rules for Local Distinctiveness

Julie’s Plot – an inventory

Veg

Lettuce – Lollo Rosso
Cos
Tom Thumb

Rocket – wild and cultivated
Chicory
Mizuna
Cucumbers
Sweet Peppers
Chilli Peppers
Spring Cabbages
Artichokes – Globe and Jerusalem
Broccoli
Calabrese
Brussel Sprouts
Cauliflowers
Onions
Spring Onions
Red Onions
Garlic
Peas
Mangetout
Broad Beans
Runner Beans
Borlotti Beans
Dwarf French Beans
Climbing French Beans
Tomatoes – Beef
Cherry
Money Makers
Alicante
Aubergines
Courgettes
Marrows
Butternut Squash
Spagetti Squash
Potatoes – Early crop
Main Crop
Pink Fir Apple
Carrots
Kohlrabi
Radishes – red
white
Parsnips
Sweet Corn
Asparagus
Horse Radish
Calaloo
Cardoons
Sorrel
Spinach
Chard

Fruits

Raspberries
Blackberries
Strawberries
Blackcurrants
Whitecurrants
Gooseberries
Rhubarb
Apples – Cox
Golden Delicious
Red Delicious
Pears
Plums
Grapes
Figs – White and Black

Flowers

Euphorbia
Eryngium
Geranium
Tulips
Bluebells
Hyacinths
Poppies – wild and cultivated
Larkspur
Bergenia
Daffodills
Narcissi
Sweet Peas – wild and cultivated
Foxgloves
Sunflowers
Calendula
Marigolds
Bears Britches
Feverfew
Clematis
Verbascum
Nasturtiums
Wallflowers
Roses
Holly
Scabious
Cornflowers
Evening Primrose
Jasmine
Honeysuckle
Comfrey
Borage
Alliums
Clover
Thalictrum
Polyanthus
Lavender

Herbs

Basil
Thyme
Rosemary
Sage – green and purple
Chives
Winter Savoury
Lemon Balm
Marjoram
Bay
Feverfew
Nettle
Comfrey
Borage
Evening Primrose
Mint

Wildlife

Sparrow Hawks
Kestrels
Green Woodpeckers
Greater Spotted Woodpeckers
Robins
Blue Tits (had a nest in the box on the back of my shed. They come back every year. Six chicks. Just about to fly when we checked them on Saturday)
Great Tits
Linnets
Green and Gold finches
Magpies
Blackbirds
Woodpidgeons
Pheasants
Snipe
All the summer migrants

Field Mice
Rabbits
Foxes
Great Crested Newts
Toads
Shrews
Rats
Voles
Jays
Red-tailed bees
Bumble bees
Masonry bees
Weazels
Butterflies – many types
Moths
Caterpillars
Ladybirds
Spiders
Lacewings
Hoverflies
Mosquitos
Stripey shelled snails

Read about the Lea Valley Allotments ABC