I have been positively woeful in keeping up this blog, and if you’re suspecting that the attention I’ve been applying here is a reflection of the attention I have been giving to the allotment, you might well be right. But, hey, you’re not my mother, so I won’t go into long explanation as to why. [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on June 8, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Earth Hour
Posted in Uncategorized on March 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I was reminded by daysgoby. She’s good like that.
Don’t forget your candles.
Down House
Posted in Uncategorized on June 1, 2007 | 6 Comments »
I’m just back from next door, after sharing some white wine with Julie ND, and chatting about, among other things, my trip on Wednesday to Down House. Down House was the home of Charles Darwin from 1842 to 1882, when he died. The house is beautiful, quite peaceful and maintained by English Heritage in an [...]
No action at the allotment
Posted in Uncategorized on May 28, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Rosie and I wandered down the lottie yesterday afternoon. I had a vague hope of doing some weeding but instead we chose to do an inspection of the plot, and take some measurements too, so that I can draw a little plan.
Update on the growth:
Potatoes (accent) – the flowers are out, we may be harvesting [...]
Post-Easter Progress
Posted in Uncategorized on April 20, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Did you know National Welly Week starts tomorrow? It’s an initiative by Garden Organic (formerly HDRA) to raise funds to help educate and inspire people about organic gardening, farming and food. Sadly I haven’t managed to organise anything – I might have tried to get the girls’ school involved but the school needs more time [...]
In absentia
Posted in Uncategorized on April 12, 2007 | 3 Comments »
I’m afraid I didn’t get down to the allotment at the weekend. Julie has been down a couple of times and did some good work, digging a trench and chucking in some of the manure we’d had delivered to the plot and then putting in some broad beans.
In turn, I spent beautiful yesterday afternoon [...]
My Smiling Shrub
Posted in Uncategorized on March 29, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I love Forsythia! It does “green” all year round except for a few brief weeks in the spring, when it is the star of my garden. It brings me smiles and memories of my childhood home.
I am very disorganised in my seed sowing this winter/spring and I’m not sure how it’s going to progress. So [...]
I was just thinking . . .
Posted in Uncategorized on March 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
. . . that there aren’t enough gardening/growing/green programmes on to keep me amused (because, of course, I don’t have anything else to do but watch lots of TV), and then I saw a trailer for It’s Not Easy Being Green, which is starting a new series on Thursday. I have to say I didn’t [...]
Bean there
Posted in Uncategorized on March 19, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I know, I know, you’re wondering where I’ve been and whether I’ve given up on the lottie. Well, of course I haven’t. Last weekend I couldn’t get down there as I was busy both days.
Yesterday, I had to nip over to a friend’s house to feed their cats, and so my time down the allotment [...]
We’ve started
Posted in Uncategorized on February 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
We had our first proper morning at the allotment on Sunday. We all trouped down – all being Rosie, Jenny, Hubby, and Julie-next-door, who is sharing in the space and supplying some much needed experience and knowledge. I drove down with Jenny and the tools, and everyone else walked.
Our plot.
You can see the first [...]
