a weblog with an allotment attached
25 February 2006
I sit here writing, a shadow of my former self. No, really.
We braved the feezing cold icy wind and ventured down to our little plot today to give it some much needed TLC and have ended up with our first experience of being flayed. The wind has sheared any exposed flesh from my […]
Filed under: Hard labour, Seasons - winter — Clare @ 5:24 pm
25 February 2006
We just switched on the telly to find that Seven Brides for Seven Brothers was gracing the screen. Not only that, but we managed to catch my favourite camp and silly moment - a bunch of listless brothers dancing with axes in the snow, crooning the song Lonesome Polecat, and with utter pathos delivering […]
Filed under: Mulch — Clare @ 2:40 pm
23 February 2006
(alternatively titled ‘How do you like them apples?’)
Call in the redoubtable Corner of the Yard, Scooby Doo and the Famous Five. Something strange is afoot on the street where we live and there’s a mystery to solve.
For a long time now I have noticed the inexplicable appearance of clusters of apple cores on the path […]
Filed under: Mulch — Clare @ 8:04 pm
21 February 2006
I spend too much of my time looking at this view and not enough time outdoors.
Filed under: Fallow, This much I know — Clare @ 10:45 pm
17 February 2006
Alas, we will not be able to tend our plot this weekend as we will be rehearsing strenuously (no special support underwear required) with the Atavar Trio for our debut concert in a month’s time.
The weekend is going to be huge fun (and possibly slightly drunken), but we’re also at the ’starting to get a […]
Filed under: Enthusings, Fallow — Clare @ 5:24 pm
16 February 2006
Be warned. This is a post about bras.
There are some things that do not get mentioned in gardening books. A description of the terrible, gnawing despair you will feel when slugs completely decimate your squash seedlings or when a ridiculously late frost wipes out your sweetcorn is one thing. The need for […]
Filed under: Dos & Don'ts — Clare @ 7:10 pm
14 February 2006
Changeable weather has its compensations.
Filed under: Seasons - winter, This much I know — Clare @ 3:34 pm
13 February 2006
Happy Birthday to us!
Happy Birthday to us!
Happy Birthday Pumpkin Soup!
Happy Birthday to us!
Yes, indeed. One year ago today Pumpkin Soup was brought blinking, mewling and puking into the virtual world. Hard to believe, isn’t it?
As with any infant, growth and development are something of an individual process and it’s taken me pretty much […]
Filed under: P'Soup rumblings — Clare @ 12:26 pm
10 February 2006
There’s been a fair bit of newspaper recycling creativity going on in the allotment blog community. WiZeR, Mildew, Plot Holes and Anything But Sprouts have all been at it. And tonight, so have I.
I was given one of these as a Christmas present in 2004 (I really don’t remember it being quite so expensive, […]
Filed under: Blue Peter corner — Clare @ 10:26 pm
8 February 2006
Winter mornings look better than they feel.
Filed under: This much I know — Clare @ 11:52 pm
6 February 2006
I have been working from home today and I have been uncharacteristically productive. Yes, I got loads of work done. Real work. The kind that pays the mortgage. But I’ve also achieved a lot around the house and even some plot-related tasks have been done. I’m that good.
I sowed some […]
Filed under: Hard labour, Sowings — Clare @ 5:26 pm
5 February 2006
Good germination news - Purple Calabash are poking their heads through…
I have put my potatoes in trays for chitting. This year the selection I bought includes Valor, Robinta, Colleen, Orla and Milva, all of which we grew last year and had very good results with. Mind you, I also ordered extra and we […]
Filed under: Hard labour, Sowings, Today's Bible — Clare @ 3:44 pm
3 February 2006
Remind yourself that the emerging snowdrops are signs of warmer times to come. Eventually.
Pretend you are Ivor the Engine and make the appropriate pishticoo noises when standing at bus stops watching your breath billow upwards.
Order asparagus crowns and dream of eating the glorious purple spears, smothered in melted butter for a summer supper in two […]
Filed under: Seasons - winter — Clare @ 12:24 pm
2 February 2006
I just found out that Christopher Lloyd died last week. I enjoyed his column in the Guardian magazine and loved what he had to say about the use of colour in the garden.
Sad news.
Filed under: Mulch — Clare @ 11:44 am