Some Very Exciting News!

I’ve got some exciting news to share with you 🙂 Lottie Land Girl Kaz xx

Picture Of The Week ~ Hints of Spring

There’s been a feeling of Spring in the air in the last couple of days… exciting 🙂

Sowing & Sewing

Well I have to say I was a little buzzing sewing bee on Saturday after my first class 😀 I had a brilliant time.  I just love to learn new things.  We’re always learning on the allotment and now I’m learning to use my little sewing machine so I can make useful things I can…

Picture Of The Week ~ Pest Control

I spotted our four legged fluffy friend on wiggling his way in the allotment fence today… This is him last year on pest control watch! (squeak, squeak!)  

Blue Skies

It’s been a lovely day, some much needed happy sunshine 🙂 Me and Jassy tootled past the allotment on our walk today.  We were lovely and toasty with the sun keeping us warm.  I could see people pottering on their plots… I’m itching to get on there, I might go this weekend if the weather…

Picture Of The Week ~ Luscious Leeks

We’ve got leeks on our plot still 🙂 Hoping to make some soup soon!

A quick look back at 2013 on the lottie

Winter Veg On The Plot

It’s certainly turned a lot cooler this week! 😀 Jack Frost even made a brief appearance 🙂  I whizzed down to the allotment to see how everything was doing early on Tuesday morning.  Our plot is in a frost pocket, the frost will be working wonders on our parsnips and sprouts – hopefully they will…

Ho Ho No!

Back in August, me and Mr.B were pottering around our local garden centre and spotted CHRISTMAS POTATOES (charlottes) 😀 Very exciting moment, we’ve never had a go at growing them, so we thought this year we can add potatoes to our christmas dinner plate! After having such great weather in September and most of October,…

Picture Of The Week ~ Warm Woodland Colour

A chilly autumn walk through the warm coloured woods in Lyme Park

In Remembrance

In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie In…

Picture Of The Week ~ The Last Sunflower

This is the last little sunflower from our plot 😀

Photo Of The Week ~ Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween… Have a spooookkkyy time! 😀

The Changing Seasons

I love autumn, it’s a really beautiful time of the year.  Lots of bold warm colours, the pavement scattered with nature’s confetti.  My favourite seasons are autumn and winter.  With the clocks changing and the darker nights drawing in fast, all cosy and warm indoors, I’ve been thinking back to how the allotment changes throughout…

Autumn Walk : The Treasurer’s House

When we had our mini break to York last weekend, one of the places we visited was The National Trust Treasurer’s House.  We had a tour of the cellar… spooky! The guide James had a fantastic story telling voice.  We were told of the Roman Soldiers that have been seen down there… I won’t spoil the…

Autumn Walks : Lyme Park

Autumn is one of my favourite seasons.  Colours bursting, leaves flying wildly in the gusty autumnal winds.  Kicking the leaves on the pavement (even when they’re in a nice tidy pile… hehe) The National Trust Lyme Park is also one of our favourite places – and just up the road! (Bonus :D) A couple of…

Yellow Brick Road…

…Well not quite yellow or a road but it is a brick path 🙂 We currently have a wood chip path which isn’t very durable when you get muddy wellies, so I decided a while back, it would be great to have a better surface for our path. Finally, a few months after my bright idea,…

Picture Of The Week ~ Contrasting Autumn Colour

Striking autumnal colours against a cool coloured wall.  Taken in the York Museum Gardens

Autumn In York

It’s been really great to have a few days off work to recharge my batteries… Me and Mr.B took the opportunity to visit one of our favourite places, York 😀  We had a brilliant time.  Tons of walking all around the city. Resting our achy feet and legs, we sat in the beautiful York Minster…

A Splash Of Colour…

The allotment is starting to get ready to be put to bed for the winter.  However the site isn’t going to sleep just yet… We still have lots of bursting colour around the different plots 😀 I’m not a pink person myself, but these are truly stunning magenta! 🙂 Lottie Land Girl Kaz xx

Picture Of The Week ~ The Apprentice House Kitchen Garden

The Apprentice House Kitchen Garden at The National Trust Quarry Bank Mill.

Autumn Walks : Dunham Massey Village

It’s been great to take opportunities to get out and about during our weekends off with Jassy, and this weekend was no exception.  I work for Art In The Garden, I help to organise photography workshops run by my friend Michael Turner.  One of the perks of my job is that I can go out to…

A Year On The Allotment in Pictures…

Potatoes, Onions & Garlic

I’m sat here with a nice piece of cheesecake and a cup of coffee thinking, I can’t believe it’s that time of year when we put in our order for spuds and onions! This is what we’ve decided to order for next year… 🙂 First Earlies we’ve picked are Arran Pilot.  For Second Earlies, my ultimate…

WellBEEing Hospital

I love bees. They are magical little creatures. We literally couldn’t live with out them and all their help 😀 I’ve recently taken to rescuing any bees that are on the floor, looking rather sorry for themselves! I nearly squished one that was drunk on pollen… he was in a perfect position on the path…

A Feeling of Autumn

I’m really looking forward to Autumn… the golden colours, kicking the fallen leaves along the pavement, the smell of cinnamon candles I have in the house.  Going out for woodland walks, putting your coat on when the air gets chilly and eating Parkin cake 🙂 I’ve found some signs of the seasons starting to change…

Quaint Cottage Gardens in Castleton

We went out on Friday to Castleton in the Peak District (just up the road from our house, we’re so lucky to live close to a place like this!). A belated birthday celebration dinner for my Dad 🙂 We took our pooches out for a walk around the quaint little village, I found lots of…

Hill Top Garden

It’s been nice to have a few days off work this week 🙂 On Thursday, we decided that we were going to spend the day in one of our favourite places…The Lake District.  Such a magical place, with beautiful scenery and a feeling of calm and relaxation.  Just what we needed! I’ve been to the…

Hello Dolly!

In the words of Louis Armstrong… “Hello, Dolly… It’s so nice to have you back where you belong” 🙂 and indeed it is.  After mine and Jassy’s Allotment Tour on Saturday, I spotted a dolly tub in it’s full glory on a neighbours plot .  I posted this picture to Instagram… After lots of chat and surfing…

Sunny Sunflowers

The first sunflower of the season popped open today 🙂 Ours seem to have opened very late this year! We’ve still got quite a few on the plot ready to open.  A lot of other people’s sunflowers are already in full bloom! Fingers crossed they grace us with their presence very soon 🙂 Here’s what…