It’s only taken us 6 years… But this week we’ve finally made a start to our garden. We never use it, it’s part stone, part weedy/muddy grass… Well no more! We’ve dug the grass up after our friend Eric came to give it its annual (yes annual!!) hair cut 🙂 We wanted stone all…
… Especially in the month of June. I can’t quite believe that Sunday was the Summer Solstice. This year is flying by! I spent some time with my camera on the allotment, taking time to appreciate the flowers and the busy bees 🙂 the strawberries are ripening too… I hope you had a…
It was an early start on Saturday morning for me and Mr.B 🙂 Bags packed, camera charged and tickets at the ready – Holker Garden Festival here we come! 😀 As you know, we love to visit the Lakes when ever we can, but it was the first time we’d had ever visited Holker.  After…
Hi everyone 🙂 I’m sorry it’s been a while. I honestly don’t know where the time is going! It’s nearly half way through the year?! (No way!) I’ve been really busy this month. I’ve been working hard in my Creative Corner and I took part in the Manchester 10K, which I ran for Beechwood Cancer…
I don’t know about you but I’m loving these brighter evenings. Everyone has come out of hibernation and spends more time down on their plots. The lovely sunny weather has lifted my spirits 🙂 I can’t wait for the height of the growing season to come. Little lottie plot 21a looks a bit on the…
Phew! March has flown by 🙂  I’ve been busy in my little creative corner, illustrating vegetables and fruit for a brand new online program called Veg Plotter. I can’t wait to try it out 🙂 In the meantime here’s the veggies I’ve created… I’d love to hear what you think of them 🙂 Check out…
Last Wednesday, I gave a talk to a local horticultural society in Timperley. Â I was contacted by a lovely gentleman called Norman last October, who had seen my blog. He asked me if I’d like to talk about my allotment and I thought – superb! He penciled me in the diary for March 2015. Que…
It’s been lovely spending time with Jassy and Mr.B today.  We went for a walk in a local park – so many beautiful springy flowers and colours around.  The birds were singing their hearts out – the soundtrack to our little adventure 🙂 Sitting down for 5 with a cappuccino and sharing cake, I got pretty excited…
Happy Friday everyone 🙂 I’m so please that Grow Your Own magazine asked me to write an article for them 🙂 today their latest April issue was published! It’s one of my favourite GYO mags 🙂 if you get chance to pop out this weekend – buy a copy! There’s some free seeds and loads…
Oh my little fingers are itching to get out on the plot and dig in! I just wanted to share with you one of our AMAZING Christmas pressies! A thoughtful gift from my brother and his girlfriend…. Now these are pretty fab trowels if I do say so myself! but what makes them even more fabulous is…
I can’t actually believe it’s week eight of our bee course (Only one to go – Sad face 😦 ) It’s flown by and has been real eye opener into the world of the little buzzies 😀  Tonight’s class, we’ll be learning about what we should be planting to help all the bees.  I’ve been…
Burrrr it’s been a cold one today! But it’s been lovely to explore a local ‘secret garden’ with Jassy this afternoon 🙂 there’s so many pretty spring flowers dotted around, they break up the browny greens of winter. Here’s what I’ve found…   It makes your heart flutter at the thought of spring being…
Happy Valentine’s Day everyone 🙂 I’m off to the lottie soon with a big flask of tea and some choccie biccys 🙂 a tidy up day is on the cards – muscles at the ready 🙂
January is finally over… It was a really strange month for me. I don’t like January, I feel sad after the happiness of Christmas and having to say goodbye to another year.  January 2015 had a bit of a twist… I sadly was made redundant from a job that I loved and worked on for nearly four years. …
It was really exciting to get a hysterical call from my Mum tonight 🙂 ‘Kaz, Kaz you’re on TV :D’ he he How brill I’m really chuffed! Thanks ITV Weather, it’s made my night 😀 Enjoy your evening! Lottie Land Girl Kaz xx
I’m going to be taking an hour out of our busy weekend and sit in the back bedroom peering out of the window with my binoculars, pen and garden bird check list 🙂 I’ve stocked up the garden with fat balls and peanuts yum yum! 😀 I took part in the RSPB Big Garden Bird Watch last…
It felt good today… Squidgy muddy mud on my dottie wellies. I had a spare hour to pop down to the allotment to get some muck shifted on to our plot. I really needed some time to myself to have a think and just enjoy the winter sun – it felt good to be back…
Back in September, I visited a farm on Snake Pass in the Peak District, with a group of lovely beekeepers from Cheshire Beekeepers’ Association. Some of the people from the group took their hives to the farm last August, using their strong colonies to feast on the delicious heather in the rolling purple tinged hills, surrounding the farm.Suited…
I’m sat here, the fire warming my toes and my cup of coffee warming my insides… I’ve had a really relaxed day today, the weather has helped… Battering against the house (I’m pleased to say the roof is still intact – I was a little bit worried!) It’s been nice to just slow down for a…
Can you believe it’s December already? It only feels like yesterday we were down on the allotment, watering the plot and sat watching the bees. Â But it’s here… The month on mine and Mr.B’s growing calendar, the pilgrimage to the plot to harvest our goodies for Christmas dinner. We’ll be enjoying : Carrots Sprouts Savoy…
Coming away from the plot with a crate of vegetable goodies… there’s no other feeling like it.  Success, excitement and happiness all rolled into one! I love growing my own 🙂
This year we’ve got 5 pumpkins to choose from! I feel very lucky 🙂 We bought our pumpkin plants from a local allotment open day.  50p each! What a bargain 🙂 I’m so chuffed with them and look forward to carving and finding delicious recipes.  Pumpkin pie is on the cards… do you have any…
This weekend we tootled down to the plot to put in some spring cabbage and Kale… we got side tracked! 😀 It was actually a great and exciting couple of hours harvesting and checking out the produce that we’ve still got growing. We’ve never really had much luck with carrots.  Last year we put them…
Last week I treated myself to some Ornamental Kale plants for my garden at home.  It got me thinking about our front garden and turning it into a pretty little grow your own patch 🙂 Who’d have thought a little plant could be so inspiring 🙂
I have to admit I’m still buzzing from this weekend’s Open Day at our allotment.  It was such a great day 🙂 Blue skies, fluffy white clouds and the sun was shining down on us.  Everyone was rallying round setting up in the morning, ready for show time at 1pm 😀 Tables full of delicious…
A new love of mine… this lovely vintage pink chrysanthemum.  I’d like to grow these on the plot next year 🙂
Walking by the allotment, I’ve noticed the change in the colours, the autumn delights growing in the hedgerows… Raspberries, rose hips and luscious red berries. I can’t wait for autumn to be in full swing. It feels as though it’s turning a lot earlier this year. I can’t wait to go for walks, kicking the…
There’s nothing like a bit of bee watching when you’re supposed to be doing a million other things 😀 taking some time out 🙂
This post is quite personal and I just wanted to explain why I’ve not been as active as I usually would be on my social media sites etc. Last week we got some very sad news that a friend of ours from the allotment, had passed away suddenly. Our friend’s name was Tony, and boy…
Ok I’m a day late so it’s a bit of a belated happy birthday 🙂 I can’t honestly believe it’s been a year since I did my first ever blog for Lottie Land Girl.  I just wanted to thank you all for following my journey with Mr B & Jassy, for your lovely comments and…
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