Buttered broad beans with bacon as a side dish or on a toasted slice of ciabatta certainly gets me excited for early Summer. Accompanied by a glass of homemade broad bean wine too of course. Yes, you can make wine from beans if you didn't know, it's lethal but pretty damn tasty! I will share one … Continue reading Broad Beans – Made Simple
Everyone has their own 'right way' of doing things when it comes to gardening and allotments. I have seen this cause debate a number of times, no-dig vs dig, when to sow, spacing between seeds, the list is endless. I recently met a lady who has plot near mine for the first time. The first thing she said … Continue reading Do it your ‘right way’
Minus a few showers, what a beautiful sunny long weekend we had. In fact, the sun was out in true Summer style the whole week, like it should be. Which meant plenty of trips to the water trough and water can weight lifting to stop everything withering away. The week started by harvesting some more delicious 'Gardener Delight' tomatoes and 'St George' runner … Continue reading Bank Holiday Sunshine
What a weekend, especially when it comes to allotment related achievements. Sunday started off with a trip to Newbury Garden Show which turned out to actually be a very small part of the All About Dogs show. This would of been seriously disappointing if it wasn't for the fact that I had gone there purposely to … Continue reading Allotment Aspirations
After receiving a recipe request from the lovely Lauren at hole food family (ps. check out her fab blog), I thought why not share it with you all. In a previous post, I mentioned that I had made a bottle of cinnamon vodka as part of my Christmas preparations. Well after leaving it to do it's … Continue reading Christmas Cuddle in a Glass – Hot Apple & Cinnamon Vodka
Whilst we are talking about Awards, in October this year I was honoured to receive a Gold Award at work for my hard work and dedication. Yesterday, I thought I would make the most of the 'Black Friday' sales by treating myself to some retail therapy courtesy of the award's monetary value. There was two things I have wanted … Continue reading Sewing, Preserving and Baking
After the hard work yesterday, I was back at No. 27 by 9am this morning determined to get the whole plot raked and ready for digging in 1hr 30mins. Time was limited due to having many other jobs and outings to do today. I was amazed at how quiet and peaceful it was up there; only saw … Continue reading Keep Calm and….Rake
Terrorist attacks in Paris, Gatwick Airport evacuated and gloomy weather....what a dismal day! That's enough negativity for anyone, so on to the positives....we have progress!! 9:30am this morning I was up and at No.27 to start work on the plot before the downpour came. Within an 1hr 30mins we managed to put a strimmer through all the grass and mark out a … Continue reading Dismal Day Progress and my first Wellingtons
Landed back home yesterday from our 5 night break to Sorrento, Italy. I never thought I would be saying this but after spending half of the holiday in the hotel room with horrendous food poisoning and a cold, I am so relieved to be back home and on the mend. My highlights before falling ill were … Continue reading Believed, Achieved and now Relieved…
I am loving having a little space to come and share my gardening adventures. I get a lot of 'old lady' jokes when I start talking so passionately about growing vegetables and No.27, but I love the complete process of creating something, watching it grow and seeing the results. This is the same for all aspects of … Continue reading Carrots, Seeds and Holidays….
After the excitement of harvesting carrots and the progress in the garden, I thought I would head to No.27 to have a further look around the plot, see what's already there and introduce myself to my neighbours. I met Bob and his wife, who's plot backs on to mine, lovely couple. We discussed how best to attack my overgrown plot, and agreed … Continue reading A day of excitement and feeling slightly overwhelmed….Part 2
On the 27th October 2015, I became the official owner of plot No.27. For the last 3 years, I have dreamed of having my own space of fresh air to grow my own produce. Roll on 6 months ago, I moved to the countryside, put myself on the council allotment waiting list and started growing my … Continue reading Welcome to Life at No.27
