Category Archives: big outdoors

The allotment is looking more respectable at the moment. Most of the weeds have been re-cleared, and our runner beans are almost as good as everyone else’s. They’re not my favourite bean, particularly, so I have been giving a lot … Continue reading →

I braved it today, a sunny Sunday when the allotments were teeming with other gardeners, all undoubtedly regarding my weed-area with suspicion. I put two thirds of the leek seedlings into a nicely-raked bed, formerly occupied by spuds, and then … Continue reading →

Today I dug up our first potatoes. Unfortunately tonight’s meals were already planned, so I have placed them carefully in the fridge for Bernard to have for his tea tomorrow, with a nice piece of fish and something green and … Continue reading →

We went away for a week and came back to thigh-high nettles. On advice, I sprayed them with glyphosate, and they are slowly shrinking. I might give them another blitz in a few days. If the Soil Association says it’s … Continue reading →

There is a scrubby bit of border at the back of the garden. I want to plant this, this, and this. I will be able to see it from my office window, and it will be like Mrs Tiggywinkle’s red … Continue reading →