Dibbing a toe in the allotment game
Scratching the grow your own itch with an allotment-let
About
How it started
At the beginning of the pandemic, my good friend acquired an allotment
They very generously offered me a patch
I’m now on a little journey to see if, sometime in the near future we can eat something I’ve grown.
Go and see how it’s going…
Elaine
Try with our vegetables
Our Favourite Recipes
It gets worse before it gets better
Spring Twenty twenty one was slow to get going but eventually, we saw some good weather. I did a bit of pottering about and tidying, still not sure what I was doing and without a plan of action. The twigs seemed to be in good nick, they were upright and I’m sure getting ever soContinue reading “It gets worse before it gets better”
April 2021: spring refused to be sprung
I started then neglected this blog last year now I want to try again with the new season. I thought I would still give you what insights I recorded from last year. Last spring was predictably (it is the UK after all), unpredictable. We had a mini-heatwave, and then the weather persistently refused to emulateContinue reading “April 2021: spring refused to be sprung”
It’s an allotment-let
As of March, I’m an allotmenteer. My very good friends acquired a plot last year at the beginning of lockdown and they have offered me a share of it. I said yes instantly. It was a bit late in the year to get started last year so I didn’t get off the ground straight awayContinue reading “It’s an allotment-let”
To the roots of it 