Skint foodie, ex bedsit dweller, Bristol food blogger
The plot is starting to turn in for the winter. All i have left growing are sweetcorn and leeks. The corn tastes great but pollination was a bit scatty so not the best crops. However the traumatised leeks have done ok despite starting with 50 seedlings and being left with 6. This is why i …
I have been described by a friend on the allotment as negative, pessimistic as you will. My reasoning is if you already expect to be disappointed, you will feel better when you aren't. I try not to allow myself to get excited by anything too much these days unless its physically happening or in my …
Allotmenting has paid off in parts, i have a near inexhaustible supply of rhubarb which is a God send if you a) like it as much as i do and b) are disgusted by what people are charging for it. Triffids Seriously, i shlepped home with an easy 2.5Kg the other week (after prep) and …
I can't lie to you, Saturday was really hard work. The weather was relentless, the slugs had worked their way through to what was left and I had to knock down my stupid shed. I inherited the shed when I moved onto the plot and for some reason felt rather attached to it. I mean …
Last weekend I didn't go to the allotment. I was tormented by guilt the entire day but really I just needed a break. I've been struggling with everything, fearing I'm falling behind, fearing I'm too stupid, feeble, weak, slapdash to get anything done and the whole allotment thing has been another example of my inability …
Its no secret to those that follow me on twitter that I am getting increasingly frustrated and disillusioned with the sheer work that I need to put into my allotment to even start growing anything. I have inherited a rectangle of grass with trenches. I did my best to keep positive with every spade full …
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Bank Holiday Monday started casually enough, lie in, bacon sandwich, cartoons on the telly, when a notification popped up on Facebook from the allotment group. We are very lucky on our allotment, everyone for the most part is friendly, the FB group is updated regularly with people asking for or dishing out advice, out allotment …
My allotment buddy and I set off at 1030am with a flask of coffee and some ham sandwiches on Friday to start hand clearing the brambles. We were both giddy with excitement, it would be the first time we had been on the plot on our own, this is it, its up to us to …
For years and years i have wanted a little garden to call my own, however with being firmly stuck in generation rent i have had to make do. Contracts that don't allow me to do anything but mow the lawn, flats with no outdoor space or, now, doing the best with a concrete yard. A …
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