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Tag Archives: allotment
Gathering momentum
I had intended to spend most of the day in the garden today, lots of things to do, but it started to drizzle before lunch and from the kitchen window I can see that the rain is still speckling … Continue reading
Posted in #britishflowers, Creating my garden, In my garden
Tagged #britishflowers, allotment, English gardens, gardening, rain, spring day
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Anticipating Spring
Where does the time go? The anniversary of this blog passed unnoticed and here we are in mid-March already. I’ve decided to blame the weather (that and other demands on my weekends) because I’ve barely set foot in the garden, … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures in my allotment, In my garden
Tagged #britishflowers, allotment, English gardens, gardening, Spring
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Back to the allotment
With the weather continuing so mild, and it managing to not really rain very much for the past few days I was desperate to get onto my allotment this weekend. It is situated next to the footpath that I use … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures in my allotment, Out of my garden
Tagged allotment, gardening, outdoors
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Allotment update – the fate of the September sown seeds
At the beginning of this month I wrote how I had started off some hardy annuals from the Higgledy Garden ‘Seeds to Sow in September’ range. Not only was this because I wanted to get some of my cut flower … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures in my allotment, In my garden
Tagged allotment, English gardens, Higgledy Garden, rain, RHS, Sarah Raven
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My “Olympic” allotment
It has been a weekend of excitement in my neck of the woods. The Olympic Cycle road race events came to the beautiful Surrey Hills, and Box Hill took centre stage. So as you can imagine the garden, and … Continue reading
Allotment challenges
Back to the allotment this morning; I knew things must be looking gloomy when, earlier in the week my other half offered to help me with it – gardening is not really his thing, but that said, now that I’m … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures in my allotment
Tagged allotment, community garden, gardening, Higgledy Garden, outdoors, rain, Sarah Raven
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Allotment update
Work is progressing (albeit slowly) in the reclaiming of my allotment. I usually have a couple of hours there every Sunday morning and reckon that at this rate it will take me a month of Sundays to get it into … Continue reading
A busy day
Well the sun has been shining this weekend, perhaps not quite as much as the forecasters predicted on Friday, but I’m not complaining; it has stayed dry and been warm(ish). Had today to myself, so have probably spent longer in … Continue reading
Exciting news!
I’ve arrived at the top of the waiting list for an allotment – and now have more space in which to garden! When I applied last year I was warned to expect a long wait, I was about no.24 on … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures in my allotment, Out of my garden
Tagged allotment, allotments, community garden, dandelions, gardening, new challenge
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