January 2008

Month in Pictures – January

January 31, 2008
Month in Pictures - January

This month was all about the shed, I fell in love with this place – a true room of my own. Most of my plotting time was spent inside looking out but I did manage to complete a few shambolic construction projects, and sow some early seeds in between brewing the tea.

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Early Sowing

January 27, 2008
Early Sowing

I didn’t think I’d get to the allotment this weekend but while I was in the park, trying to squeeze in a long run for my half marathon training, it struck me what a great gardening day it was. Didn’t take much for me to cut the run short and head off to the plot. [...]

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Leaf Feast

January 19, 2008
Leaf Feast

Not a great weekend for allotment pottering but I can enjoy a cup of tea in a nice dry shed even on the worst of days. The ground was too wet to dig which is a bit of nuisance as there is only a smallish patch left to complete. I opted instead to do weed [...]

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Log Making

January 12, 2008
Log Making

It was a bit soggy on the plot today but I spent a couple of hours in the shed, drinking tea, giving myself a headache with the meths fumes and making a recycled paper brick. I’m pretty impressed with the logmaker, I got it from ebay (ekomania) for about £17 and its a sturdy machine. [...]

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Cuppa Char Anyone?

January 6, 2008
Cuppa Char Anyone?

I woke this morning with plans of allotment pottering on a slightly more sophisticated level than I managed yesterday. I still wasn’t feeling on top form so my plans centred mostly around my new chair and dreams of a hot steaming mug of tea. My mug of choice was A Room of One’s Own – [...]

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New Garden Centre Opens

January 5, 2008
New Garden Centre Opens

The seed order has arrived on the plot and it looks like I might have gone a tad overboard. Having laid the exciting little packets out on the bench I was tempted to throw a sign up on the front door of the shed and declare my very own garden centre well and truly open. [...]

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Free Lights – Amnesty

January 5, 2008
Free Lights - Amnesty

Next weekend sees London’s first light bulb amnesty. Apparently you can take up to two traditional light bulbs into any London B&Q store between the 11-13th January 2008 and get them replaced for free with a couple of long lasting, energy efficient bulbs. Not a bad offer I think. Check out details at london.gov.uk/lightbulbs

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New Year, New Structure

January 1, 2008
New Year, New Structure

There’s been stacks of progress over the New Year break and I’m sitting here at the end of the day with a labor intensive back ache. Good job I’m going back to work tomorrow, I need a rest! I popped into a garden centre on my way back to London yesterday and I was tempted [...]

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