Happy New Year fellow growers! I’ve been slightly off the blogging radar for the past few weeks, mostly due the a little event that takes place around the end of December every year. I have a busy retail management job so Christmas is pretty much a black hole for me in terms of social life, […]
It’s a funny thing being a young(ish) woman with an allotment. On one hand, I love nice clothes and am well known among friends for wearing sky-high stilettos; but on the other hand I love being dirty, don’t care about designer gear and have been known to go for days without even thinking about wearing make-up.
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Halloween is a scary time of year. Everywhere you look there are horror movies, monsters, ghosts, vampires and zombies. But perhaps the scariest thing about Halloween is that nobody really seems to know what it’s about anymore. Now, don’t get me wrong, I adore Halloween, it’s one of my favourite times of the year. The
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Garlic is a great all-rounder plant, it’s very easy to grow, packed full of flavour, deters pests in your garden and has antibacterial properties. More importantly, though – and arguably the best reason to grow it – garlic has been proven to ward off vampires and evil spirits, which is pretty nifty at this time of year.
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There is one week every year, when the summer swiftly shifts gear into autumn. Sunshine takes a backseat to rain, elongated nights overtake the days and while the indicators have been signalling the end of summer for weeks, the seasons change lane in a matter of days. This is no three-point manouvre, no gentle tapping
Herbal remedies for flu and colds have been around far longer than over-the-counter drugs and while I’m not saying not to take these, there are loads of plants in your garden that can help ease the symptoms of colds and flu. I’ve been known to get into healthy (unhealthy?) debates with people about the medicinal
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I’m going to put this out there: I’ve been single for an age! I’m pretty sure there are glaciers that have moved miles since my last date, mountains have been formed and cliffs slightly eroded, the world has spun on its own axis approximately 800 times. I’ve eaten about 700 potatoes since I last felt
One of my biggest pet peeves in the garden happens in autumn when I’ve harvested an entire bed of crops and then it lies empty until the following spring. Nothing upsets me more than an empty bed. While there are plenty of crops to plant over winter (more on that later),when you have a large
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The premise of the adorable, popular game Plants vs Zombies is a simple one: collect sunshine to grow plants, fill your garden with plants to protect your homestead from the oncoming zombie horde. I, like many, have wasted many a lunch hour playing this silly but addictive little game. Now, while this game is in
Let me tell you something that not many people know about me, my favourite smell in the world is not fresh baked bread, freshly brewed coffee or lavender (although, these rate pretty highly), but the the smell of tomato plants. It is the ultimate smell of summer. My earliest memories of growing their own food
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