Inaugural Six on Saturday
To celebrate more regular writing, this is my first ever Six on Saturday post, joining in with a whole host of other bloggers to highlight 6 things we’re particularly pleased […]
Reversions, revelations and reaping rewards
After not doing much at all by way of allotmenteering for some time, my fingers are well and truly itchy. The Adorable Archie is on the mend, slowly and steadily, […]
Salvage
My diary and actual allotmenteering have both had something of a hiatus. Earlier this year I got back into horses, via volunteering at the RDA. A time-consuming passtime to add […]
Strands of gold, green powder, sweet crisps and sticky molasses
If you’re thinking about unusual crops in 2017, saffron and yacon are brilliant. Stevia is just weird. My 3rd saffron harvest has finally been weighed and packed away. It weighs………0.9g, […]
Underground overground – harvesting spree
I don’t usually bother with maincrop spuds. Blight’s such a frequent visitor on our site, I usually keep to second earlies and leave it at that. This year I’ve tried […]
August roll-call, first segment
I haven’t done anything like a general update for a while. I have meant to, but in film form. And each time I’ve tried it it’s been too windy, there […]
Take your places please…
All change on plot #92. My disappointing Charlottes are out – just under 8kg from 18 seed spuds, where normally I would expect at least double that weight – which […]
Bastani – saffron, rosewater and pistachio ice-cream
I absolutely adore ice-cream. Like one of my Norwegian cousins, I will happily sit and eat it till I’m sick/it’s all gone. Until recently my favourite flavour was krokan: vanilla […]
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