Happy Monday everyone 😀 I’ve had a great surprise this afternoon.  Me and Jassy went to check on the lottie after Bertha tore through the UK this weekend, thankfully I’ve still got my remaining 4 out of 6 sunflowers… I picked up the latest copy of the Allotment & Leisure Gardener from under the shelter… My…
I popped out for my daily walk with Jassy in the glorious sunshine. The birds were singing away and the bees were very busy, covered in pollen 😀 Snowdrops fade to crocuses to daffodils… it made me think of all the flowers that are out at the moment, even the dandelions look pretty, illuminated in the sunshine…
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…
I’m doing it.  This weekend.  My head gardener hat will be on and my battle with the weeds will commence! 😀 BRING IT ONNNN!!
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…
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…
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…
Because I have a no door knocker on our front door, I can’t hang a Christmas wreath… So I’ve improvised 🙂 Christmas wellies! inspired by the shiny red Hunters I spotted in the lakes. I give you Lottie Land Girl wellies… Ta-darrrr! 🙂 Lottie Land Girl Kaz xx
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…
Happy Halloween… Have a spooookkkyy time! 😀
…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,…
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…
It was a great surprise when Stew told me how we were going to celebrate our first wedding anniversary… GIamping in Northumberland. We stayed in a quirky, vintage Shepherds Hut – Â it was absolutely amazing! Vicky and Rob from Wild Northumbrian have created a beautiful, peaceful haven in the middle of Northumberland National Park. Â There…
We’re so lucky to have a honey beehive on the allotment! Luis moved one of his hives to our site earlier this year. Â He comes to inspect the bees every weekend, nice and early before everyone starts coming to work on their plots… Luis has kindly given anyone on the allotment the opportunity to come…
The chill of autumn is in the air. Â I’ve been looking around when me and Jassy are on our walks, noticing all the juicy berries in the hedge rows and trees. Â When I was browsing facebook the other day, Gardeners’ World had posted a bird feeder tutorial. Â I’ve had a go at making feeders before,…
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