Growing flowers on your allotment will add colour and provide lovely blooms for cutting, they may even help to boost the health and productivity of your plot by attracting beneficial insects and pollinators. There are so many lovely flowers that can be grown on the allotment such as dahlias and sweet pea. The flowers listed… Continue reading 5 Easy Grow Flowers for the Allotment
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January Plotting
The deep freeze weather has gone and temperatures are more tolerable for working outside. I went to the allotment yesterday to do a spot of tidying, weeding and cutting back. I stayed for around an hour and it felt good to get outside. I would have liked to stay longer but my dog Rosie feels… Continue reading January Plotting
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Jewels of the Winter Allotment
I do appreciate a beautiful cabbage, especially now when little else is available from the allotment. A light dusting of frost adds to the beauty don't you think? It almost breaks my heart to harvest them. To me, cabbages are the jewels of the winter allotment. Apart from the usual green savoy I also grow… Continue reading Jewels of the Winter Allotment
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Allotment Pond
For quite some time I have pondered (no pun intended) the idea of having a small pond on the allotment. Apart from the many benefits to wildlife, a small source of water can be truly fascinating with many hours spent watching the comings and goings of pond life. It is somewhat addictive. I have purposefully… Continue reading Allotment Pond
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DIY and Snippets From the Plot
The weather has improved recently with warm sunny spells here and there which is great but it also means regular weeding sessions will become part of the routine again. Weeding doesn't feel like such a boring chore when the sun is shining and the birds are singing. I'm scratching around for things to do before… Continue reading DIY and Snippets From the Plot
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Bug Life
Last weekend I put some bee boxes on the shed to help attract mason bees to the plot. Mason bees are non-aggressive solitary bees, they are very small and do not swarm or produce honey. The females make nests in cracks and crevices in walls and will also use handmade or purpose-built bee boxes to nest, becoming very… Continue reading Bug Life
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