If there is one thing I’ve learned from my allotment life other than the trials and tribulations of growing veg, it is the intricacy of the broader surroundings in which I exist. Continue reading “Book Review: The Almanac – A seasonal guide to 2019”
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How to build your own polytunnel for under £100
Allotment gardening and the opportunity to grow your own fruit and vegetables should be accessible to everyone.
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Allotment Garden: A reflection on June
My best mate Ali lives in Bristol, and when he pops over for a visit he often jokes that he knows he’s entered Wales when he’s met by a band of rain.
4 simple tips for growing tomatoes in a polytunnel
Homegrown tomatoes have a special place in my heart.
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Book Review: The City Grower
I’m passionate about allotment gardens.
Sharpen Your Spades is a blog that allows me to share my own allotment journey and I hope helps inspire as many people as possible to take up one of these wonderful community growing spaces and reap the benefits they provide. Continue reading “Book Review: The City Grower”
10 highlights from the grow your own blogs: May 2018
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: May 2018”
GIVEAWAY: Win tickets to Gardeners’ World Live
BBC Gardeners’ World Live is an award-winning UK gardening event.
It buzzes with people just like you and me and it’s packed to the brim with all our favourite gardening celebrities and experts too. Continue reading “GIVEAWAY: Win tickets to Gardeners’ World Live”
10 highlights from the grow your own blogs: April 2018
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 garden: Catch up in spring
Where has the spring been?
After the snows of March, the rains that followed and for me, a brief but beautiful holiday in the sun, I’ve felt behind in my plans and activities on the allotment garden.
10 highlights from the grow your own blogs: March 2018
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: March 2018”
