On The Allotment

Yesterday I went down to the allotment for the first time for about 4 months. I have already made my excuses in previous posts as to why i had not been to the allotment in such a long time, but I was expecting to find that the plot was in a mess, however I was pleasantly [...]

I found these discounts for Gardening Extras so I thought I would post them, currently two deals bizarrely 5% off and 10% off why anyone would use the 5% off I I do not know! They are both valid for the next two days http://www.subscribetooffers.com/category/gardening-extras/ I will try and post more of these as I get codes [...]

I have recently bought The Allotment Handbook by Carol Foley, and although I have not read it cover to cover I thought that I would post a little review and recommend it for allotment owners and keen vegetable gardeners. I was shopping at Waitrose (although don’t usually shop there, not that posh!) and stopped at the book [...]

As it was raining this morning, work on the Allotment or Garden here at home was out of the question so we went to Sainsburys, after shopping we called into Homebase to look for a toy box for Eva. While there I did my usual ‘walk’ down the tool isle and round the garden section. [...]

The allotment is a place to escape, somewhere I can get some peace and quiet and enjoy producing something worthwhile for the family. In the long run the allotment will be more than that, it will be somewhere the Eva can learn. We do not want her growing up not knowing where carrots come from, [...]

Well I am hanging my head in shame on two counts, firstly my lack of posts on this blog and secondly, and I must confess, even more shameful, I have not been to the allotment for over 2 months. I do have a list of excuses… wedding, honeymoon, busy at work but none of these [...]