Category: Allotment

7 posts

Lazy Sunday Afternoons .....

12 August 2012

It's been one of those weekends you wish wouldn't end. The weather has been glorious, lots of sunshine, and a breeze just to keep things tolerable. We...
The Growing Year: Successes and failures

30 July 2012

Lotty the Scarecrow stands guard over my currants and vainly attempts to keep the robbing pigeons away. Pigeons haven't been the only thieves I had to...
In the Kitchen: Pickled Onions

20 October 2011

Believe it or not today is National Pickled Onion Day! So I thought I would help with the celebrations of this auspicious occasion and share my love o...
Life is just a bowl of cherries

04 July 2011

Morello Cherries picked in my garden this morning I have been keeping my eyes on these; not quite sure when to pick them, as they vary so much in colo...
Nice things come to those who wait ...

30 June 2011

one of my hives, ready and waiting to find a home and be filled with bees I have babbled endlessly about this to friends, and anyone willing to liste...
Full English?

21 March 2011

First attempt at back bacon So, anyone for breakfast? Can I tempt you? I can offer you fresh laid free range eggs from my garden, and back bacon and C...
Souper Sundays: Allotment Minestrone

06 February 2011

Prepped and ready to cook If the weather is foul on Sundays and I cant get out, like today, its blowing a gale, and the rain is falling sideways, then...