Bonfires and whizzbangs
One of the (many) plus points of allotments is that, come Bonfire Night or thereabouts, you’ve got enough space to have a ruddy great fire. The work parties generate a […]
Autumn foraging – quinces and sloes
Living in south London doesn’t mean I have to work that hard or pedal too far on the foraging front. There are mini orchards of apples on common land along the river, and I’ve […]
In praise of watermelon
Uh-oh, seed buying is continuing. This time from Baker Creek across the pond. All squash seeds: Flat White Boer, Jarrahdale (I’ve had my eye on that one since last year…), Noob […]
Wet, wet, wet
Occasional showers my *&$%! It is tipping it down. Again. Managed an hour post-work and left the plot a bit soggily but with 12 dwarf borlotti seeds sown, radishes sown, manky cucumber leaves composted, split tomatoes luzzed into the cemetery, a considerable number of slugs likewise, pots watered and harvest […]
Progress, and spuds :)
It was hissing down with rain all day. Some bank holiday that was. There’s about a day’s worth of digging over and sifting left on the navy bed and I […]
Compost miscalculation
I’ve resown the achocha, sown the Aeron Purple Star runner beans and run out of compost. Due to a stunning combination of forgetfulness and Him Indoors’s car possibly being beyond repair we’ve let our joint car insurance lapse, so I can’t get anymore till that’s sorted. Other things will just […]
Harvest festival
I went round to Mum’s and picked up a carrier of windfall Bramleys. And then I remembered seeing all the blackthorn in blossom over the fields, so I thought I […]
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