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A big thank you to Alison Watts & Liz West for their letter: My friend Liz and I took over our allotment last December so this is our first year, we …
A big thank you to Alison Watts & Liz West for their letter: My friend Liz and I took over our allotment last December so this is our first year, we …
I’m back! *waves* The completely rubbish gardener – less green-fingered / more butter-fingered gardener has returned. I have read my last …
I’ve been busy. Family, friends, work, hoovering and dusting (but NOT ironing – I hate ironing), making extravagant meals far beyond my ability …
My tomato plants are no more. After a long and arduous journey they have gone to tomato plant heaven (i.e. the compost). They were doing ok up to …
Have been wanting to blog for ages and now have the opportunity, I have a 4ft by 13ft raised bed full of last years manure in the back garden and ½ acre of …
weird phrase – but there you are. I have lots of runner beans. This has been by far the easiest and prettiest veg that I have grown so far this year. …
Red Duke of York potatoes are so pretty when cleaned up… bright scarlet red. I was feeling a little lazy so just boiled them up, fried some onion and …
Hooray! Please see pic for this evenings’ tea. Am v. excited. Enjoyed myself throughly scrambling for potatoes in the soil. I have some practical …
Was happily fiddling with my tomatoes the other day when I pulled back in horror. On the bottom side of the lowest branch (or stem or whatever it’s …
It’s all coming together… my tomato plants are covered in yellow flowers and yesterday I spotted my first tomatoes! I have become slightly obsessed …