Planting

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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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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All Quiet on the Allotment Front

December 2, 2007
All Quiet on the Allotment Front

Well it hasn’t been all that quiet it’s just been so stressful recently that I’ve kind of gone into blogging hibernation. I mentioned in my last post that I had been offered a super shed for use on the plot and I’d roped in the help of my mum, dad and brother to help erect [...]

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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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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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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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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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