The rhubarb patch is flourishing! I can’t believe how fast it grows – we can’t eat it quick enough! Lovely magenta thick stems of tangy and sweet deliciousness 🙂 there’s just too much of it. I’ve been round to our neighbours and asked if they’d like some… ‘Yes please!’ 🙂 it’s great when you can…
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…
So… the last of the turkey has been eaten, all the pressies have been unwrapped… It flies by doesn’t it? But what a great Christmas we’ve had.  Time spent with our family and friends, laughing and joking, drinking glasses of festive fizz 🙂 This year we hosted the big day for my Mum and Dad.  To…
Wishing you all a spooky Halloween… 😀 This year’s pumpkin feels more special, because we’ve grown it ourselves 🙂 Here’s Peter pumpkin’s journey… And here his journey ends… I’ll be enjoying some pumpkin soup and will try my hand a making a pumpkin pie with the rest of my little pumpkin family 😀 I’m off on…
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…
It’s been a while since I’ve been down on the plot.  I’m not sure why, I suppose if I’m being honest with you, I’ve felt like I’d lost my mojo a little bit.  It was so busy on the build up to the Allotment Open Day early this month, I just needed to rest.  I did…
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…
There’s still time to wish you all a Happy National Allotment Week 🙂 I’ve not spent much time on the plot but I have walked passed and admired the site, looking full of life with happy flowers and bumper crops 🙂 A happy place indeed! Hope you’ve all had a great week on your plots .  What…
This year has been fantastic for Strawbs 😀 We’ve got two beds packed full of them (you can never have too many!) We’re so surprised at how well they have done.  In the past couple of years we’ve lost most of the crop to mould and some very hungry slugs! 😦  I think the hot, dry…
Firstly I just want to apologise for the lack of blogging recently. Time seems to be whizzing by and I’ve been spending a lot of evenings on the allotment, watering, weeding and planting. I’ve been taking lots of pictures of our growing adventures and sharing them on my facebook page 😀 I’ve just not had…
I think my feet have only just touched the ground… what a whirlwind Easter weekend! Mr.B, Jassy & me were lucky enough to have an extra long break w-hooo! 😀  We visited the beautiful Lake District at the beginning of our holiday for a couple of days. When we came home on Easter Saturday, we had a…
I just wanted to share with you a rhubarb recipe that Mr.B has made me on many occasions (he’s quite the Delia!).  It’s really easy to make and so tasty 😀 We’ve got tons of rhubarb on the allotment at the mo… we’ll be making crumbles by the bucket load 🙂 Ingredients: •5 medium sticks of…
I can’t believe how fast this month is whizzing by.  I’ve still got to start my seeds off, I’m hoping to get this done in the evenings after work this week 🙂 (I’ve been a bit on the poorly side since the weekend and haven’t had much energy!) I’ve been thinking about the work we’ve…
Here’s a look back at what’s been happening on our plot and around our allotment in February 😀
