Plot 12b- A year in review
Well, I’ve been the proud tenant of plot 12b for a whole year now. And I’m pleased to say that I have actually done stuff with it and not just left it so that the weeds grow even bigger <eyeballs...
View ArticleLast night’s dinner courtesy of plot 12
I haven’t had much time to get up to the allotment in the last couple of weeks due to Digger Puppy not having had her shots yet. But everything is growing well and I was able to come home with the...
View ArticleThe seed catalogues are here! Sunglasses at the ready
My dog ate the Unwins catalogue. I wish I was kidding. Have you been visited by the postie this week? I’ve had catalogues from Suttons, Marshalls and Unwins. I was so excited about getting the...
View ArticleAnd sow it begins….
No mini muffin baking for me until these are in the ground. Chitting crikey, is it that time of year already?! Yes it is. And so I’ve been making my usual lists, and list of lists, and colour-coded...
View ArticleCould you grow a pumpkin big enough to live in?
Thompson & Morgan’s latest project I feel a bit better about my seed habit now because Thompson & Morgan have just spent £1250 on one seed. It’s not just any seed (I would hope not at that...
View ArticleMr The Digger is a manly, manly man
Mr The Digger flexing his muscles. I am blessed with neither patience nor excellent fine motor skills (I can convincingly play a bass guitar. Shoelace-tying can sometimes take a few goes). Plot 12 was...
View ArticleThings are happening at plot 12
Yeah, it was a bit rainy over the weekend. Did you enjoy Easter long weekend? Easter weekend is traditionally the first big gardening weekend of the year- early potatoes go in, everyone heads to the...
View ArticleHow to turn a shit day into a good one
Job’s a good un! I was in an OK mood when I got up this morning. The sun was shining and even though DiggerDog was being a bit of an idiot (puppy adolescence), we had a nice walk in the woods where all...
View ArticleNational Gardening Week Challenges: Day Six
No, I did not forget my challenge, I just didn’t scan it in time. I’ve decided to make a proper plan of what I’m going to put in the allotment this year, so that later on I can completely ignore it, do...
View ArticleHappy bank holiday weekend/Beltane/International Workers’ Day
Three very good reasons to garden and then drink too much. This weekend I have managed to squeeze in some allotmenting between all the parenting and dog…. ownership. My fruit cage looked like a dumping...
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