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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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Thursday 16th April 2015 – All the Potatoes are in!!

Posted on April 16, 2015 by clairesallotment

The temperature wasn’t so hot today which is good. Still warm for this time of year, but at least there was a breeze. I spent 3 hours today turning over a couple more beds, fairly small ones this time. What … Continue reading →

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Sunday 15th February 2015 – And so it begins again!!

Posted on February 15, 2015 by clairesallotment

What do you do on such a lovely sunny Sunday? Well that’s quite easy, you go and play in the greenhouse. Today I spent the afternoon in my greenhouse starting off my Garlic and Onion sets in half toilet rolls. … Continue reading →

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Monday 26th January 2015 – Time to Chit your potatoes.

Posted on January 26, 2015 by clairesallotment

I’ve just done the first gardening job for the new season. My potatoes arrived recently, and I’ve just cleared the tops of the kitchen cupboards ready to house them for the next 6-8 weeks. I always chit my potatoes on … Continue reading →

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Tuesday 1st April 2014 – Onions away!!

Posted on April 1, 2014 by clairesallotment

Yes I know it’s April Fools’s day, and our daughter Emily confused us this morning with the cereal (she changed the inside packets over). She told us she was bored! But I think the weather was playing tricks on us … Continue reading →

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