Autumn is a great time to sow garlic and hardy broad beans. It's also an ideal time to turn compost, mulch beds, sow green manures, and give the shed a fresh coat of paint to protect it from the coming weather. Double row of broad beans ready for planting! For my winter-hardy broad beans, I… Continue reading Autumn Allotment: Sowing Broad Beans, Shed Painting & More
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4 Easy Allotment Flowers for Seed Saving
Saving seeds from your favourite allotment flowers is a wonderfully rewarding and free way to ensure your plot is bursting with colour next season, so now's the perfect time to harvest a little bit of sunshine for next year. I'll be saving seeds from these four allotment superstars, but what are your favourites? Let me… Continue reading 4 Easy Allotment Flowers for Seed Saving
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5 Easy Grow Flowers for the Allotment
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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Allotment Plans for 2023
The new year is here and I'm excitedly planning all the yummy and pretty things to grow. Due to the postal strikes last year I decided not to order my seeds when I usually do, just in case they go missing with the volume of backdated post (I've only just received a bulk of very… Continue reading Allotment Plans for 2023
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End of Year Allotment Visit
Today I grabbed the chance to get out in the fresh air and blow some cobwebs away at the allotment, I enjoy visiting for a potter around and the peace and quiet was a tonic after busy Christmas shenanigans. I had a couple of things to do on the plot but first up the kettle… Continue reading End of Year Allotment Visit
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What I’m Growing in 2021
The weather is just miserable and no doubt there will be more yukky stuff to come, spring can't come soon enough and I think we're all holding out for some better weather, a good potter around the allotment without 20 layers of clothes or a snorkel would be lovely. My seed orders have all arrived… Continue reading What I’m Growing in 2021
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