So… plan bee… I call it plan bee because when I picked up my seed order last month, it appeared I had the little pollinating marvels on my mind! I’d bought so many flower seed and hardly any veg seeds 🙂 Not that I’m complaining though 🙂 It’s going to be a pretty sight in…
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…
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…
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…
The other week our new allotment neighbours gave us their surplus brassicas 😀 We’ve got some cauliflowers, broccoli and sprouts. Over the long weekend, armed with a trowel and some dolomite lime (we use this mixed in with the soil to prevent clubroot, which is rife on our site) we planted a mini brassica patch. This should…
Here’s a look back at what’s been happening on our plot and around our allotment in February 😀
I’ve been itching to get to the allotment this month. Â The weather hasn’t been very helpful and I’ve been feeling a bit on the rough side with a very annoying cough. Â It’s thankfully clearing up now and I hope to get on the lottie this weekend even if it’s for a couple of hours. Thursday…
We’ve got leeks on our plot still 🙂 Hoping to make some soup soon!
A Happy New Year to you all.  We had a quite one, which gave me time to plot and plan what’s going to be happening down on lottie plot 21a in 2014 🙂 I nearly passed out when I’d finished! Phew looks like we’re going to have a mightly busy year.  I had to make…
It’s what having our little lottie plot is all about.  From day one we said we want to grow veg that you would find on our Christmas dinner plate.  I have to say this year was even more successful than I’d hoped 🙂  Last year we had sprouts and a cabbage, but this year… We weren’t…
Today marks our two year Happy Plot Day 😀 I can still remember how excited we felt making our flask of tea.  Putting on our new wellies and heading down in the rain to the plot, ready to ‘dig in’ 🙂 We did really well considering that it was our first year ‘growing our own’…
Lottie Land Girl 