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Potatoes!
Been making progress on the allotment plot… On my last visit to the plot, I made a mental list: There was something else but as it was a mental list and not a written down list, I’ve lost it. I couldn’t get the bean canes back up as they had snapped completely at the base.…
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Garden & Allotment Get A Little Love!
There is a LOT to catch up on. YES – we finally have our car back and that means the allotment is much easier to get to and I can move the many bags of compost out of the front garden. Before I show you what I found on the latest trip to the allotment,…
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Come See An Annual Gardening Show With Me
I went to get some floral inspiration and I’d love to share it with you. At the weekend, Saturday 23th August to be precise, I dragged Dearest Son along to the Nairn annual gardening show to have a look and hopefully get some inspiration for my gardens. I am now convinced my veg will always…
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Change of transport for allotment visit
High stress levels this week and we’ve barely started this journey. This is going to be a mixed post. Yes, I went to the allotment and I’ll show you some of the work done there but there have been a LOT of other things going on too. Life isn’t too easy at the moment if…
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Operation: Pumpkin Rescue & Other Garden-Related Reporting
I had thought I’d escaped all damage from the latest storm. I was wrong of course! Before I went to the allotment the other day, I decided I had better rescue the big Atlantic Giant pumpkin from the back garden. It was in a large pot and rapidly trying to take over what little space…
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The Storm is Passing
I thought I’d share some photos I took in the garden/house before the storm arrived. It certainly has been a rough day here weather-wise, as it has been for the rest of the country. Strong winds saw pots and plants flying round the garden, bins moving as if by telekinesis and me at the kitchen…
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Garden Tour for the end of July 2025
I grow everywhere and in everything! I cut the grass yesterday and we took a car-boot full of rubbish to the dump so I’ve been feeling those productive vibes in the garden. The back isn’t 100% yet but it’s good enough that I can get stuff done now which I’m very happy about. Seed HQ…
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Results from the garden
Not everything we harvest from our gardens can be eaten. I have been going to the allotment on a fairly regular basis but I don’t seem to have posted much about it so here goes. We have been very busy tidying and harvesting – both are continual jobs but I am very aware that it…
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Great Results From the Garden
The harvests are starting to come in now, thick and fast. I feel unprepared if I’m honest. I am still clearing, weeding, tidying and planting out and yet, the plants that were planted out yesterday (feels like), are starting to give out some of the best harvests I can remember. I took some photos to…
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Growth in the garden!
I haven’t done a gardening update for a while and there has been a lot happening. For one, I’ve made a new friend in the garden! First of all, I’ll show you what I’ve had to deal with on the plot. I swear, my workload would be cut down if other people were just a…
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Pond In Garden Brings A Visitor
I put a small pond in the front garden last year, just using a tyre and some lining. I decorated around it by making a fairy garden and I have been very pleased with it even though I didn’t see any wildlife using it…until now. We have a regular visitor to the garden who comes…
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Car trouble + garden issues = a difficult week to find the wins
I have tried, I swear I have. I’ve prepped beds, weeded like my life depended on it, checked the weather forecast…frequently but I still haven’t got the plot fully planted. I have finished putting up the supports for the peas & beans and even got peas planted out. When I went back up to put…
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