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Thursday 26th May 2016 – Peppers, Chillies and an Aubergine!

Today I spent 4 hours on my allotment, which was so much fun. I know to some people it would sound like the worst thing possible, but not for me. It was a very warm day today, and I wished … Continue reading

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Tuesday 29th March 2016 – Sowing Aubergines

Aubergines need lots of heat to grow, which is something that we lack in the UK. Sometimes our summers are amazing, lovely and hot and sunny, with water restrictions, and other times it rains all the time. I prefer the … Continue reading

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Sunday 5th July 2015 – The greenhouse at home is now sorted.

I spent the afternoon sorting all the plants in the greenhouse at home. It was a case of thinking, “Now that needs to go there, but I can’t do that until that’s done, but that needs to be moved first.” … Continue reading

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Monday 22nd June 2015 – A busy afternoon.

The weather was very “eh!” today, so not suitable for going to the allotment. It kept on raining, and I don’t really like getting THAT wet! So after lots of errands that I had to run this morning (all boring … Continue reading

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Saturday 30th May 2015 – It’s time for a jiggle!

Now is the time to prepare getting your tender plants ready to go outside in the big wide world (do check when your last frost date is though). So I’ve spent much of the afternoon moving various plants from the … Continue reading

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Sunday 29th March 2015 – Windy day in the greenhouse!

I would just to make sure you know that it wasn’t me making all the wind in the greenhouse, after all I’m a lady and we don’t do that sort of thing!? It was blowing a gale outside today, and … Continue reading

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Big Allotment Challenge – Episode 4

What an exciting programme it was this week. Firstly we started with Aubergines. Now I’ve tried many times to grow these, and always different varieties. I only did well one year, and that was before I started with my allotment … Continue reading

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Wednesday 19th June 2013 – Very humid today.

Well I was working this morning doing 2 mini beasts workshops with 4 and 5 year olds. They were very sweet. I had to get up a 6am!! I’d forgotten that time actually existed. Then I left the house at … Continue reading

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