My mini allotment, Little Lotte, has been busily growing leeks, lettuce, winter greens, spring onions, kale, onions and garlic throughout the winter months. Now the weather is improving I’ve planted potatoes and more onions and garlic and I’ve sown runner beans that will ramble up the fences. Now that so much clutter has been cleared …
There has been an explosion of blossom and new growth, a little later than usual, but so welcome. The apricot has finished flowering and fingers are crossed for fruit. Now the plum and damson are flowering and the cherry and apple are close behind. It’s surprising the blossom has survived the sudden change in the …
At the moment, it seems to be a bit of a battle trying to get anything done….at all! Everywhere I look, jobs need doing. The windows are taking on a stain-glassed/mottled-spiderweb appearance as it’s been so long since I cleaned them and the ironing is beginning to take over the house! Every time I go …
…… tell hubs that the turkey feathers in his precious hat are at a ….erm….rather jaunty angle, or, are showing the wrong side. Even Annie is laughing! And I didn’t quite have the heart to disturb this wood pigeon that I found flopping face down on my lawn, I needed to know if it could …
Last year was one of the wettest years on record and most of my fruit and veg was ruined. This year I’m hoping and praying for better weather, but so far there’s little sign of improvement as it’s still constantly raining or snowing and it’s freezing, and I mean perishingly cold which makes it hard …
