Just a quick post to wish you all a Very Merry Christmas! I can’t quite believe that this is now our second Christmas as plot holders or quite how proud I am of eating some of our own produce on Christmas Day! Well done to everyone tucking into their homegrown loveliness! Enjoy your time off,…
December Missions!
I’m afraid that I didn’t get to the allotment half as much as I had hoped in November so that leaves me a few jobs still to do but I guess there’s always something to be done at the lottie! Here’s my December tasks.. Sort out all of my seeds and get anything started that…
Pruning the Gooseberry Bush
A very lovely lottie neighbour of ours gave us our first gooseberry bush this time last year. It did really rather well over the summer producing more fruit than I was expecting. I have recently moved the plant down to the bottom of the plot nearby the redcurrant, so that they can both share the…
Making a Hedgehog Home
I have to say that I have become totally obsessed with Pinterest, I began to use it for work purposes (Evoke Visual) that then progressed to ideas for our home and now I have opened up a whole new world by utilising many many “boards” for allotment ideas and inspiration! As I have mentioned, we’re keen to…
Remember Remember the 5th Pile of Weeds!
It doesn’t seem like five minutes since we were trundling up to our Derbyshire village field last year for an evening of sparkle, beer and fire! For a small community we are very lucky to have such events as this and the summer carnival arranged by a dedicated few. As an asthmatic I must admit…
10 Great Christmas Present Ideas for the Allotmenteer!
Royal Horticultural Society Membership!Days out in gorgeous gardens…perfect! A Rather Posh Trowel and Fork SetFor the glamorous gardener! A Traditional TrugJust when harvests couldn’t get any more exciting! Gardeners World Magazine SubscriptionFor a monthly dose of inspiration Plant Pot Maker KitEndless fun when sowing seeds! Cut Flower Seed CollectionFor endless bouquets! Sarah Raven Gift VouchersFor when you really…
November Missions! 2015
How quickly the months are flying by, can you believe it’s almost the start of the Christmas countdown!! I’m still finding myself with plenty to do at and for the allotment. Here are my November missions… Sow the sweet peas at home (rollover from October) Winter digging and more winter digging! Relocate the raspberries Check on…