Last post of 2015
Christmas was wonderful. Christmas lunch likewise – though with one of us a vegetarian and one of us very much not, we had a few re-runs with leftover seeded pistachio […]
Wishing you a very veggie Christmas
I love Christmas. A bonus is a mixed European heritage, which means I have 2 Christmasses – one Nordic, one British, with beautiful Christmas food and compulsory viewing of Dinner for One. I […]
Confessions of a seedaholic
I have to stop looking at seed websites. I have enough seeds to keep us in veg for many years. I could almost open my own seed shop. And yet there […]
Time for a tidy
The weather’s still ridiculously mild – no frost since late November. On the plus side it’s really easy to weed with the ground being nice and soft. I’d like to be a step ahead for next season with a tidy plot ready for planting, rather than my usual 3 steps behind. So weeding it is. […]
Peas please
I had hoped the frost would herald some proper winter. I hate unendingly claggy, wet, grey days. I can feel my allotment mojo seeping away, and even though there is plenty to do, I struggle to muster much energy to tackle it. What does help is beginning to plan next year. […]
Houston, the oca is down
Those were pretty hard frosts. Anything that isn’t hardy has slumped, most noticeably the drifts of nasturtiums. And the oca. Last year it went down in stages, with the ‘killing […]
Winter is Coming…
Yes it’s cheesey, but the weather forecast is a perfect opportunity to crowbar in GoT…Temperatures are set to hit zero or -1C, depending on your choice of weather service. I’m not sure all […]
Defending potatoes and unseasonal warmth
One of the better allotment challenges is figuring out what to do with all the food I grow. Some of it’s easy – friends will take bags of veg, we […]
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