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Volunteering at RHS Chatsworth Flower Show
Around this time last month I was a volunteer at RHS Chatsworth Flower Show and it was one of the most amazing experiences of my life! I had never been to a garden show before, let alone an RHS Flower Show! I live in the Midlands, which you would think would be central to everything,…
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April Allotment Tour Video
Looking back, April has been one hell of strange month! We had a blanket of snow then just a week ago, around the time when I filmed this video, we had soaring temperatures of 27 degrees! None the less I have achieved so much on the plot and some big changes have taken place.
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Finders Keepers
I have the cutest new stool for my polytunnel and best of all it was free! On my drive home a few nights ago I was going through the busy part of Hyson Green when I spotted a cute red stool by the road, next to some wheelie bins. You often see household objects on…
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Feelin’ Foxy!
I treated myself to some new wellies yesterday..just look at them – they’re so gorgeous. I was on my lunch break and on my way into Loughborough town centre and I just spotted all the little foxes and could not resist! They were on sale too – PERFECT! I’m a big lover of foxes, and they…
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Busy Bee
Weekend Jobs Completed Tidied the shed. Burnt some of the excess wood. Made pea canes and edging from excess wood. Planted autumn fruiting raspberry canes (Joan J variety). Erected additional shelving inside the greenhouse. Broke up the ground around the many plum suckers for the rain to help loosen. Broke up the ground to extend the…
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Longer Days Are Coming
We’ll soon be rolling the clocks forward to British Summer Time which means longer days, warmer evenings and lots more lovely sunshine! Ok, so we loose an hour of sleep in bed but at least the clocks change over the Easter Bank holiday this year so I won’t be at work on the Monday -yipee! You…
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Black Gold!
I’ve been able to tick a few major things from the to-do list this week. One of which was to find and pick up some free manure. Not one of the nicest of jobs, but it needed to be done. My allotment soil isn’t particularly poor in quality in fact it’s very rich, to the…
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Let’s Talk Chillies…
Last year I attempted to grow a couple of chilli plants from seed with little success. Reasons why? I started them too late and didn’t give them enough light and heat. Spring last year wasn’t particularly warm which didn’t help matters and even summer wasn’t hot for very long. Anyway. Lessons learnt (chillies won’t develop…
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Cyril
Before unloading a bunch of heavy stuff from my car to the allotment the other day, I stopped to photograph some daffodils in the hedgerow along the main path. I could hear a key jingling as I was crouched on the ground taking photos, when the gate next to me suddenly swung open and for the…
Homegrown Garden 