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Little time for rest in the summer
Please tell me I’m not the only one finding it hard to ‘stop’ in the summer! Weeds keep growing, plants need tended to, grass needs cut, house to be cleaned, days out, teenager to keep busy….on and on it goes. Hard work looks like it’s paying off on the plot though: For the first time…
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Allotment improvements
We’ve been working pretty hard in the allotment and the progress is really beginning to show, at least to me it is. This is how the brassica area looked before our two visits last week: A big job and there is a third row to the right which you can’t quite see but believe me,…
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Recognising seedlings when weeding – parsnips
It’s an important part of weeding – recognising plants you want to keep when they are at seedling stage and this week it was the parsnips I was weeding. The area I had to clear had the little bit of the onion patch on one side which I hadn’t quite finished, and the patch with…
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A mixed weekend of progress, rain and gardening (plus some blog news)
At the beginning of the weekend, I didn’t think I would be getting much done. We did get a thunder storm on Friday afternoon and I was sure that was to set the tone for the next few days. I wasn’t far wrong! Some indoor jobs were necessary so I was pleased to get the…
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POTATOES!
If the title looks like I’m shouting then you would be correct but it is a happy shout my friends I assure you: The potatoes are in, I repeat, the potatoes are in. A little while managed at the allotment has produced a small number of what felt like little miracles! Some of these will…
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Gardening Progress at Last!
The Motivation Fairy made a welcome return this weekend, despite the weather, which saw all sorts of things being thrown round the back garden like a scene from the Wizard of Oz. Getting ‘that bit’ at the front of the garden tidied has been on my list of jobs for a while and now I…
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Allotment News 21st November 2023
Despite the very cold weather, Dearest Son and I have managed to make some progress on the plot recently. We are taking it one bay at a time and I even managed to remember to take some photos so I could show you the before and after! The bay we’ve been working on was for…
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