If you don’t have an allotment, or you can’t get to the plot as much as you’d like consider cultivating a bit of nature indoors. Fortunately, you don’t need a sprawling garden or a massive vegetable plot to enjoy the benefits of growing plants and veg. A window sill can serve as the perfect micro-garden, bringing a touch of greenery and freshness to your living space. Here are five plants that thrive on a window sill in the UK, adding a little vibrancy to your home!
December is a super busy month and getting to the allotment can be a challenge. Our key to progress is little and often. These are our most pressing tasks:
I try to grow my onions from seed, but I couldn’t resist this pack of my favourite Red Barron onions from home bargains, just 99p!
We are not particularly big fans of either method of dig or no dig and are pretty open minded to both still, continuing to experiment as we go along, this gives us somewhat of a patchwork plot, some covered with a layer of organic matter for the winter, some parts covered with plastic and membrane and others simply winter dug over. I quite like the variety.
The plot has been fantastically busy of late and we are taking home lots of fresh fruit and veg! Such a great feeling after so much work!
I was lucky enough this week to be given some lovely healthy little celery seedlings. It’s such a lovely community at the allotment, everyone swapping and eager to share their ‘babies’!
I’ve had lots of fun over the past couple of months creating my plan for our dream allotment and here it is! There’s no hard and fast rules about sticking to this but I’m happy to have a great guide in my pocket of how I saw things fitting in at the beginning of the year.…