October 2007

Bright Lights

October 27, 2007
Bright Lights

It didn’t look like a great day for spending on the allotment. However, I had a number of tasks that needed to be ticked off the list so I headed off early to beat the inevitable rain. I took the plot on rather too late in the year to sow any winter crops, so early [...]

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Veg Box Scheme

October 26, 2007
Veg Box Scheme

How pretty is this little delivery? Following my thwarted search for local food last weekend, I thought I’d try out a veg box scheme. This little box came from the organic delivery company, who apparently source local organic produce from the Covent Garden fruit and veg market. They have an evening delivery in my neck [...]

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Real Seeds

October 25, 2007
Real Seeds

There was a lovely treat awaiting me when I got home today, which just about made up for the terrifying night-time cycle commute. Two seed packages had been delivered, one with 3 packets of organic freebies from Thompson & Morgan and the other containing my purchases from the Real Seed Catalogue. I love these seeds, [...]

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Local Food – How Hard Can It Be?

October 22, 2007
Local Food - How Hard Can It Be?

I’m feeling inspired by “Animal, Vegetable, Miracle” and am considering an attempt at my own local eating experiment. I wouldn’t start it yet of course, the allotment hasn’t really had a chance to start supporting a healthy appetite, but it’s never too late to start researching my options. On Sunday I thought I would head [...]

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Infinity Pool

October 20, 2007
Infinity Pool

I acquired a few off cuts of pond liner from the amazing freecycle group and after using them to suppress weeds for about 2 days, I decided I may as well get on and build a pond. I took a fairly haphazard approach to the design and was lucky that my sheet of rubber just [...]

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Compost Alley

October 14, 2007
Compost Alley

I had a late night trip to the lotty this week to deliver a load of compost bins that I’d managed to scavenge from my block of flats. It was interesting seeing the site in the middle of the night. I had to use my high power halogen torch to find my plot but once [...]

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Melancholy Averted

October 7, 2007
Melancholy Averted

In the end I had a very successful weekend down the allotment, thanks to the weather and a distinct lack of a social life. I turned up around Saturday lunchtime and became almost irreversibly melancholic as it seemed the previous weeks’ hard work had been wiped out by the irrepressible couch grass invasion. Damn weeds, [...]

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Industrial Espionage

October 2, 2007
Industrial Espionage

The Great North Run travel arrangements put paid to all plans for allotment labouring this weekend but I was able to do a reccy of some East Yorkshire plots and pick up more veg growing tips. I think my dad was having payback thoughts after all the hard work he did on my allotment but [...]

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