Dear 2016, you suck.
If this year’s allotmenteering were the Pilgrim’s Progress, right now I would be squarely in the Slough of Despond. I went into the greenhouse last night and discovered I have blight. […]
First. Time. Ever.
Warning: small amount of trumpet-blowing to follow. August’s Grow Your Own magazine has my grinning face at the top of page 36! This is my first ever gardening article and I […]
Outlook: generally good, with lingering bouts of waily waily
For now it looks as if the monsoon has come to an end, my ark won’t be needed and the water is (gradually) subsiding from the plot. I am still dispatching […]
The revelation that is fresh peas
Fresh peas are like sweetcorn – sugars start turning to starch as soon as they are picked, so the taste difference between freshly picked and shop-bought is massive. I’ve never […]
Oh hello, British summer!
This season is starting to feel remarkably like 2012, when I first got my plot. The heavens opened just after I stuck my spuds in and stayed that way for […]
Despite the showers
I’ve been a bit lax about updating recently. Partly because of the incessant rain, partly because I’d like to make a video update and partly because I’ve had a horrible bug […]
Unseasonal chills
It’s been nearly a week of dull grey skies, thumping rain and temperatures more at home in early April than June, but I think that was just what my plot […]
Planting out
Planting out is one of my favourite things, as well as a blessed relief from digging. I’ve had help – Himself came up and put in 3 rows of Crapaudine beets, as […]
