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writes, talks, organises, works, cooks, cycles, swims, sings in a choir- and has an allotment
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A whole season gone
Not a lot of writing this year. Crops yes. Not enough of them. And plums not nearly so many as last year. Slim pickings. But we has loads of kale, tatties, beet leaf, gooseberries, and other things . But….the main… Read More ›
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August already
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First visit of 2014
Helen and Ellie and I went to the allotment on Sunday 5 January with some protective fleece for our tiny patch of beans, garlic and onions that we put in just before the winter set in properly. They are all… Read More ›
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Plotting and Planting – Growing food and writing about it
Plotting and Planting – Growing food and writing about it.
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end of October
lots of cardboard down and lots of topsoil and compost on top. About two thirds of the ground is now in some sort of order, and with luck should be ready for planting next year. We have kept an 8… Read More ›
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drowning rats
the shreds of plastic bag buried deep in the compost heap began to move of their own accord after my spade unearthed them. as if a little wind was blowing them. but there was no wind. As we watched, a… Read More ›
