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Wednesday 3rd February 2016 – Perennial flowers

Posted on February 3, 2016 by clairesallotment

Time to get some perennial flower seeds sown today. Today I’ve sown “Lupin – Festival Mixed” and “Cornflower – Persian” You can see what colour the Lupins are supposed to be by the picture on the packet, but the Cornflowers … Continue reading →

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Tuesday 2nd February 2016 – Highly Scented Sweet Peas

Posted on February 2, 2016 by clairesallotment

It may be Groundhog Day (let’s hope Phil is right), my Father in laws birthday and my Granddad’s birthday (he’s 91 you know), but today is also the day when I sowed my Sweet peas. I love the smell of Sweet … Continue reading →

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Wednesday 27th January 2016 – Giving the Garlic a head start.

Posted on January 27, 2016 by clairesallotment

This morning was the time for the Garlic to be started off. I got it this year from Homebase, but you can get it from any garden centre or online. There is so much to choose from.There are 2 planting … Continue reading →

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Tuesday 26th January 2016 – Lots of Onions and some very cheap Garlic!!

Posted on January 26, 2016 by clairesallotment

This morning I popped to Homebase to buy some Garlic that I’ll plant tomorrow (you’ll have to wait until tomorrow to find out about how I’m planting that), but what confused me the most was that I got 2 varieties, … Continue reading →

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Saturday 8th August 2015 – My 1,000th post!!

Posted on August 8, 2015 by clairesallotment

Oh my goodness, I can’t believe that I’ve waffled on, mainly about gardening, for 1,000 posts now!!! I’m not sure if I should apologise or not? I’ve clearly had lots to waffle on about, and I hope you’ve enjoyed it. … Continue reading →

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Monday 3rd August 2015 – My first Okra!!

Posted on August 3, 2015 by clairesallotment

I popped to the allotment this morning for a couple of hours and left the kids at home with a list of chores I needed them to do. Nothing too strenuous like build and extension or redecorate a room. They … Continue reading →

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Monday 20th July 2015 – Now don’t forget your trowel!!

Posted on July 20, 2015 by clairesallotment

The kids are now on Summer Holidays, so I’m only going to be able to pop down to the allotment for a maximum of a couple of hours at a time now. Still it’s not a problem as I’ve got … Continue reading →

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Thursday 16th July 2015 – It’s surprising what you can get done when you put your mind to it!!

Posted on July 16, 2015 by clairesallotment

Today I was on my own, because Robbie was elsewhere. Still I managed to occupy myself for the 4 and a half hours I was on my plot for. I arrived just before 10am and had planned to give plot … Continue reading →

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Saturday 4th July 2015 – All the tomatoes are in the allotment greenhouse.

Posted on July 5, 2015 by clairesallotment

I had a wedding to bell ring for this afternoon, but once that was done (it was very hot work, but at least the bride was on time, what a clever girl she was.) I then headed down to the … Continue reading →

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Sunday 28th June 2015 – Sorting out more plants.

Posted on June 29, 2015 by clairesallotment

Saturday was busy with one thing and another, but Sunday afternoon was mine to play with as I wished. We were out in the morning shopping in Kingston for various things and when we got home Mark and I then … Continue reading →

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