I’d love for everyone to take on an allotment. But what’s more important to me is that everyone has the opportunity to have a go at growing their own. Continue reading “4 principles for starting your own kitchen garden”
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Climbing French beans and freezing the snakes
Tall, long ‘A’ frames or towering wigwams overflowing with runner beans are a quintessential sight on British allotment gardens. And I used to grow them religiously. Continue reading “Climbing French beans and freezing the snakes”
10 highlights from the grow your own blogs: August
There’s a fantastic number of allotment, kitchen garden and grow your own bloggers out there. I read as many as I can for inspiration, advice and to find out what everyone is getting up to.
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Allotment glut? – ‘Preserves’ by Jill Nice
If you have access to an allotment, a garden or even a few pots you have the ability to produce ingredients at their best and when totally fresh.
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Grow Spring Onions to overwinter
Scallions, green onions, spring onions and salad onions. Call them what you will, they are simply young onions harvested before the bulb has had the chance to swell.
10 highlights from the grow your own blogs: July
There’s a fantastic number of allotment, kitchen garden and grow your own bloggers out there. I read as many as I can for inspiration, advice and to find out what everyone is getting up to.
Continue reading “10 highlights from the grow your own blogs: July”
Compost revisited
When you take on an allotment or start a kitchen garden, the first thing you should do is create a compost pile.
10 highlights from the grow your own blogs: June
There’s a fantastic number of allotment, kitchen garden and grow your own bloggers out there. I read as many as I can for inspiration, advice and to find out what everyone is getting up to. Continue reading “10 highlights from the grow your own blogs: June”
New balls, please! – Wimbledon themed cane safety
As far as I know, there are no stats for allotment based eye injuries.
It might sound strange, but I can see how easy an eye ball accident could happen when there are short canes, Continue reading “New balls, please! – Wimbledon themed cane safety”
10 ways to eat strawberries – when you ask Twitter
I have a confession. I neglect the strawberries growing on our allotment.
I feel incredibly guilty about this, I really do. The strawberries know my guilt. They have heard me tell the neighbours who visit the plot. Continue reading “10 ways to eat strawberries – when you ask Twitter”
