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Wildlife Emergency on the Allotment!
Not sure what to do here if I’m honest. Yesterday (26th March), we finally made it up to the allotment to tackle a few more tidy up jobs. The plan was to finish weeding an area where I’d piled up compost from one of the wooden bins, and spread it over the bay for the…
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Relax…it’s Friday!
Ease into the weekend nice and gently. I thought I’d share this short video with you which I took in the back garden the other day when I was doing the jobs I talked about in yesterday’s post. I hope you feel nice and relaxed – even if it’s only for a minute or two!…
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Seeds!
Sowing, potting up – all things seed. I’ve been trying to stay on top of the seed sowing, potting up etc but already I’ve run into a problem. I don’t have enough window sills and the space I used in the living room last year is not available this year so I am going to…
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Gardening Catch-Up
Come and see what I’ve been up to! Thought it was time to have a little catch-up with all things gardening as I’ve been doing little bits here and there. The featured picture, by the way, is what I saw outside a local shop last week and thought it looked lovely so of course, I…
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Did Someone Say SPRING?!
I think it’s here…. We had some utterly terrible weather last weekend and for most of this week, then something strange happened….the wind stopped and that bright thing in the sky got switched on for a bit. This causes magic to happen in the garden. I ventured out into the garden to see if I…
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February Garden Jobs Continue!
I’m trying to stay methodical with these jobs but it’s a struggle! The last time I gave you a plot update it was to show I finally got a job finished, albeit a small corner of a bay but still, it helps. Well, despite the cold, we went up again today and managed to FINALLY…
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Not the weather for Gardening
I’m worried about wind – and no, not my own! I’ve been worried about the strong winds we’ve been getting recently, since a fence panel came down few weeks ago (should be fixed this week 😊) and the other day I got to watch my little mini-greenhouse explore areas of the garden he doesn’t usually…
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Showing the front garden some LOVE!
I’ve been waiting all week to get to work on the garden at home and today was the day! Most of this will be pictures to show you the before and after. I’m not finished yet as I have to get some more woodchip but you’ll certainly get the idea of what I’m trying to…
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Super Seaweed and Petrifying Pruning
A quick update on the allotment! Despite the minus 1C temperature on Sunday, I told Dearest Son it was time to go get some seaweed. So we did. There is a place not far from us where we can collect it very easily and it doesn’t seem to matter when you go, it’s always cold.…
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Why I WON’T have raised beds & paving!
I might ruffle a few feathers here but here goes… I was recently watching a very nice man on YouTube set up yet another raised bed on his allotment. As he was explaining what he was doing, I took a minute to really look around his plot. It was all raised beds – and concrete…
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Frost makes a comeback!
Our latest allotment trip turned out very productive I was a little surprised and slightly downhearted to open the curtains this morning to see everything glittering in frost. I had planned to go to the allotment and a little bit of freezing wasn’t going to stop me! I filled up the flask to keep Dearest…
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Big thaw = Plot progress!
At last we got back to the allotment I was very happy to get back to the plot today after all the ice had finally melted. It’s been hard to see everyone else on YouTube working on their plots or gardens and sowing their seeds and I haven’t been able to get through a wall…
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