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Friday 12th June 2015 – The greenhouse frame is up!!

Posted on June 16, 2015 by clairesallotment

My sister is very kindly giving me her 8 foot by 6 foot greenhouse as she doesn’t need it in her garden anymore. Her garden is a little on the small side and the greenhouse just takes up too much … Continue reading →

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Thursday 11th June 2015 – I found some Leeks!!

Posted on June 11, 2015 by clairesallotment

My sister is very kindly giving me her greenhouse. I know I’ve got one at home and it’s 6 foot by 6 foot. But I’m not going to turn down a free greenhouse. It was given to her, but she … Continue reading →

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Wednesday 10th June 2015 – More Strawberries!

Posted on June 11, 2015 by clairesallotment

Well the strawberries are in full fling, so it’ll be a job and a half to harvest them. Still that’s what happens when you have as many as I do. Now that plants are going in at a fair rate … Continue reading →

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Tuesday 9th June 2015 – Rhubarb, Rhubarb!!

Posted on June 11, 2015 by clairesallotment

What is the best medicine for a migraine (apart from my wacky pills as I call them)? The answer …… going to the allotment. The one I had in the early hours of this morning, 2am to be exact, was not … Continue reading →

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Sunday 7th June 2015 – Sunday on the allotment.

Posted on June 9, 2015 by clairesallotment

Now I don’t usually go to the allotment at the week end, but I’ve just been so busy with one thing and another, and the weather was just so wonderful that I managed to scrounge a few hours to myself. … Continue reading →

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Saturday 6th June 2015 – Family trip to London.

Posted on June 9, 2015 by clairesallotment

Today we were having a family trip up to the “Big City”. Mark works in London so goes up every day, but the kids and I don’t go up much. If we ever comment on something like the traffic or … Continue reading →

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Friday 5th June 2015 – Flash!! Bang!!! Wallop!!!!…Then Sun?

Posted on June 5, 2015 by clairesallotment

Well that was how today started off. At 5.10am I awoke from such a lovely sleep to the sound of a faint rumble of thunder. My ears are tuned to various noises, our two children and thunder however faint. There … Continue reading →

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Thursday 4th June 2015 – Size isn’t everything you know….well sometimes it is!

Posted on June 4, 2015 by clairesallotment

Now I know that size IS important to many people, you know who you are! But for me, with most things it doesn’t matter. That is except when it comes to my fruit and vegetables and then size really DOES matter! … Continue reading →

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

Posted on May 30, 2015 by clairesallotment

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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26th – 28th May 2015 – A few days away in Whitstable.

Posted on May 29, 2015 by clairesallotment

We’ve never been away in half term before, we usually only have one holiday a year and that’s in the summer. But as this year we’re not having a summer holiday because we’re so busy, we popped down to the … Continue reading →

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