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My allotment taught me..
Many things but this is the most important – read on. I’ve been trying to keep up with the growth on my allotment and it isn’t an easy task even though I love that place. I unlock the gate, swing it open and take a deep breath. I’m in my happy place. I say ‘hello…
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Gardening Holds Me Hostage
At least that’s what it’s feeling like at the moment! As we come to the end of June 2026, I’ve realised something – between the garden at home and the allotment plot, I haven’t got a lot of time for other things. That’s unfortunate as I have a lot of other things to do. Having…
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Tackling Allotment Jobs (with success!)
I apologise for my lack of presence lately – life has been busy. While the home-schooling continues, so do the appointments, letters and such for my husband as he continues to battle prostate cancer. When you add in the usual things that need done, it doesn’t always leave a lot of time to get gardening…
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Dealing with the worst bay on the allotment
From major weeds to a slope, this has it all. I’ve been working very hard to get the plot ready for the season and the time finally came to tackle the worst bay. I didn’t realise it was the worst but now I know for sure. It slopes slightly for some reason, which has always…
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Have you ever tried growing garlic like this?
I love experimenting in the garden and few things are as easy to try as garlic. I’ve been growing garlic for years, some successfully, others, not so much. I used to always just grow it outside and let Nature take course. Now, however, things are different. Now I plant outside as well as in the…
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Allotment Progress & Other Gardening Excitement
A LOT has been happening in the allotment and garden. Progress on the allotment has been developing at an unusually fast pace (for me anyway). In fact, I’m down to my last 2 bays to do and then I can turn my attention to the paths but something has been very different this time. Sheep…
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News Round Up!
It has come to my attention that I’ve been very busy lately and haven’t shared much of it with you – so it’s time to change that. This post will have lots of pictures, despite me getting ever closer to my WordPress ‘limit’! In the spirit of Christmas, I’ll begin with showing you some tractors…
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Garlic – done differently!
Instead of just planting garlic in the ground, I tried a few different methods to get it growing and I’m delighted with the results. A couple of years ago, on the allotment, I planted out all my garlic and waited patiently. Sadly, all – and I mean ALL of it, rotted away in the cold…
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The Final Day of My Garden Challenge
This is THE most important job you can do in your garden. It might be the most important and yet it’s one I don’t do as much as I should. In fact, I’m going to go out on a limb and say most of you don’t do this job as much as you should and…
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Day 6 of My Garden Challenge!
After yesterday, this one was a real delight. When I was thinking about all the jobs I needed to do in the garden, I always had one job in mind. What does a garden need once you’ve done a bit of tidying and tackled jobs you were putting off for ages? I’m not thinking new…
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Day 5 of My Garden Challenge!
Now the work really begins… Ok I confess – today is more of a project than a garden ‘job’. Someone had told me in the comments section of my YouTube channel, that turkey-tail mushrooms were thought to have amazing anti-cancer properties. But where to get some? Well, as it happens, you could just buy some,…
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Day 4 of My Garden Challenge
This is a small job but it makes a BIG difference! When I was looking round the front garden I knew something had to be done to tidy it up a bit. I’m not ready to weed it yet. I like it looking fuller at this time of the year and it stops the neighbour’s…
Coming from my slice of life to help you find more joy in yours
