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Gooseberry and Rhubarb Jam

June 21, 2008
Gooseberry and Rhubarb Jam

The kitchen waste bucket has been overflowing and Shakti was complaining that I haven’t collected hers for a while either and was in a similar state. Compost pressure forced me to get out of bed to go and fix the tyre on my bike so I could take the trailer on a neighbourhood sweep, collecting [...]

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Month in Pictures – April

May 5, 2008
Month in Pictures - April

Progress report for April What a crazy month its been, at the beginning I was so worried about the broad beans that I resorted to exhaling over them in an attempt to thaw the snow cover and by the end of the month I was blistering in the sun. I’ve planted out loads of the [...]

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Day of the Triffids

February 23, 2008
Day of the Triffids

London woke to a pretty dreary and overcast day this morning. Not the most inspiring of days and it seemed to push me into the dumps as I arrived at the plot. I haven’t been keeping my eye on the allotment stores recently, the shed was clean out of digestives and my cup of 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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Month in Pictures – December

December 31, 2007
Month in Pictures - December

December was taken up by the stress and joy of the shed! It was also the month that the allotment actually began to warrant its name. Cloches and crops were popping up, left, right and centre.

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Chard Nurturing

November 3, 2007
Chard Nurturing

I staggered across to my allotment today, laden with compostable materials. Not sure what the heck happened on the waste front last week but I’m going to blame the veg box. I could barely carry the bag of peelings, vacuum crud and shredded paper and by the time I added my friends sack of grass [...]

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End of Week One

September 23, 2007
End of Week One

My parents are heading back to Yorkshire today but we were up early enough to cram in a quick trip to the lotty. We needed to see if the shed contraption was still in existence and construct a brassica protecting cloche. Talking to a few locals on the site yesterday indicated that my biggest threat [...]

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