Once Upon a time, there was this little weird garden girl, who swore a lot but we can forgive her that, as she was dead set on saving the world! But …. she got stuck for a while in the blogtastic universe and lost some (not all) of her funk. OK let me break it…
Tag: permaculture
Hitting The Wall On Allotment!
When the day arrives when you get the call to say your name has come up next on the waiting list for an allotment, I don’t think anything is more exciting! You sign the papers and this lovely bit of earth is yours and you are filled with enthusiasm and grand plans for cultivation. You’re…
Introducing My New Lottie!
Everything you heard is true, I have only gone and bagged myself another allotment and not another half plot either a FULL plot in full sun, YIPEEEEEE! Are you ready to meet her? OK then, here she is……… Meet No.9 Dream…… isn’t she beautiful? I had my name down for just over a year and…
GUEST BLOG: Disliked Vegetables
I am very excited to share with you a wonderful guest post from one of the best allotment bloggers out there right now! Here Richard Chivers the author behind Sharpen Your Spades shares how to get your children interested in vegetables. How to grow a child’s appetite for vegetables There’s a battle that rages across the…
What’s Growing On – March 2017
March for me is the true beginning of the growing year. Everywhere you look everything is beginning to come to life, the daffodils start dancing, tulips begin to emerge from the earth, ponds are alive with horny frogs basking in the new warm sun and the trees steal the show with their blossom. The Spring Equinox is…
Rebel Yell…. When to REALLY sow your seeds!
Everyone is an expert it seems on the subject of when to sow this and when to sow that. I’m really not surprised at all that beginners to growing get so confused by this subject, it’s enough to confuse me and I’ve been growing some years now! Well just because I’m a bit of a…
What’s Growing On – Feb 2017
My green fingers have been itching to get sowing for weeks now and patience certainly isn’t my virtue. But I have just about managed to restrain myself from going grow mad! There is only so many times you can organise and admire your new seed packets before you cave. My first sowings were of Sweetpeas and…
Groseeds……….. I think I love you!!
I think I’ve just fallen a little head over heels for the new seed kids on the block. I know everyone gets a little over excited about receiving their new seeds especially at the beginning of a brand new year, but there is something a little more special about these seeds and this seed provider….
Rocket Gardens Review
I’ve spoken in earlier posts about me being behind this year with sowing and growing due to some large home improvement projects taking over and the torrential rain and floods here in sunny Yorkshire. As I got started with my plot, clearing the beds for new growth it occurred to me that I actually didn’t…
Grow Food Not Lawns
My backyard is already pretty hard landscaped, with a large established stone flower bed, which the bees and butterflies love. Over the flower bed is an apple tree which is actually our next door neighbours but it falls quite heavily over our side and our neighbour is very friendly and says whatever is on our…
The Bohemian Raspberry 