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Seedlings, Slugs & Some Success – Gardening Update

In case you think I’ve been sitting in the sun doing nothing, I thought I’d do a little update about what has been happening garden wise this past week. I’ve tried a couple of different slug traps which used flour, yeast, water and sugar was in one of them. Have to confess, I didn’t have…
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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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A February Weekend on the Allotment

Finally got some progress to show! I’ve been working steadily on one bay at the allotment and I was determined to get it finally finished so we could move on to another area. I am very pleased to say that not only did it get finished, I also got the boundary between it and the…
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No snow or aliens on the allotment today

I’ve heard the aliens have landed, the rest of the country is 10 feet deep in snow and we can expect to be nuked at any moment – my preferred course of action is to go to the allotment and leave them to it. I managed to get a surprising amount of work done today,…
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It’s manure time!

I’m not joking and that isn’t code for anything – I’ve been shovelling lots of the stuff. During our latest allotment visit, we finally got the beans down, the last bit of weeding more or less done on one side and the manure shovelling started! Dearest Son dealt with the beans and a lot of…
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A Little Plot Time

We managed a quick trip on the 15th October. I don’t expect to get masses of work done at the allotment at this time of year – it’s pretty cold and we are racing the light when we go up during the week. However, I finally got the last of the weeds out of the…
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2 Plot visits: Potatoes, Pheasant Drama and Prepping for Winter

I managed 2 trips to the plot over the last couple of days which I’m delighted about. We have been working to get the last of the potatoes out and weed the bay at the same time. We are really lucky to have manure (and woodchip) delivered to the allotment site, so the plan is…
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Autumn clearing begins on the allotment

This has to be my favourite time of year for working on the allotment plot. Firstly, my beans are still doing great and producing like crazy. I’ve recently found a ‘new’ recipe for them which has led to everyone in the house eating them very happily (let me know if you want me to do…
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A Momentous Occasion

Just a quick post today but I had to let you know something very special happened today which I have been waiting several years for: Lazarus has given us a cucumber! If you’ve been following the saga you will know I have waited years for this to happen, due to one disaster or another –…
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No Idea

I had no idea what I was going to tell you about today except I wanted it to be something cheerful for the weekend. I am still struggling with shoulder and neck pain although it has improved a little but the back must have been feeling left out and tried it’s best to join in!…






