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up and over

Posted on August 6, 2019 by Ruth Paris

Onion harvest has started; Rose de Roscoff and shallots are now drying while in the background Mammoth onions are living up to their name and continue to grow. I’m rather proud of the Rossa di Tropea, grown from seed and … Continue reading →

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hot, hot, hot

Posted on July 21, 2018 by Ruth Paris

Strange to think back to the waterlogged days of winter, when the cloggy mud made it almost impossible to push the wheelbarrow along the path. That same path is now hard and the grass pale brown straw. Daily watering, at … Continue reading →

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May progress

Posted on May 24, 2018 by Ruth Paris
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secret snowdrops

Posted on February 17, 2015 by Ruth Paris

I love it that the allotment plot is ‘hidden in plain sight’; right in the middle of an urban roundabout, yet completely invisible unless you know to look. Just inside the 5-bar gate the two trees I planted early last … Continue reading →

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