Category Archives: Allotment

unexpected harvest

Doing some much-needed weeding, I unearthed some unexpected and still perfect Orla potatoes which, alongside a kuri squash and the first reddened Sigaretta di Bergamo, will make a lush supper – with bay leaf, garlic and thyme also from the … Continue reading

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gratitude

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today’s harvest for tonight’s supper

Three types of courgette, rose de roskoff onions, garlic and waxy Orla potatoes – chop, add bay + lemon + rosemary & lots of olive oil with a splash of water, season, mix, put lid on and simmer for about … Continue reading

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hot heights of summer – all from tiny seeds…

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busy bee

Forage in the borage…

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golden sweet & parsley plugs

These yellow mange tout peas are so easy to grow and absolutely delicious. Sown in double rows into a length of plastic guttering in the greenhouse, they were more than ready to plant out into the pigeon-proof sanctuary of the … Continue reading

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bean feast

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orange

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mellowing

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colour

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clearing

Time to clear the broad beans to make space for the winter kales that have been growing on in the greenhouse. Surprising how long it all takes, but very satisfying to go from a post-productive, weedy and dead leaf covered … Continue reading

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pickings

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primavera

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roses and a peony

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busy times

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sprouting

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surrogate flowers

Recent displacement activity, missing both skiing and flowers, I knitted a cashmere ski hat with a flowery motif. Good diversion while waiting for the garden to wake up 🙂

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midwinter pickings

So few grains of happiness measured against all the dark and still the scales balance. Jane Hirshfield

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gage tree and brassicas

The Old Gage tree I planted 2 years ago mysteriously started to die just as it was in the full glory of spring blossoming – an ominous harbinger, though we didn’t know it yet, of the year to come. On … Continue reading

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hooray

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