a weblog with an allotment attached
30 July 2006
With hearts in mouths we ventured down to the lottie today, terrified that thigh-high weeds were all we would see, and although our plot is full of thriving bindweed and very thirsty crops, what we saw was not so very disheartening.
We stayed only for about an hour, filling up two bags with weeds, but we [...]
Filed under: Hard labour, Harvest — Clare @ 7:20 pm
28 July 2006
We’re home - welcomed at the door by the cat who has since not left my side (aw - she missed me!). And now we have chores, chores, chores to look forward to.
Tomorrow we gird our loins and visit the allotment.
In the meantime, I have uploaded our holiday photos here so you can finally [...]
Filed under: Holiday postcards, Italiano, Mulch — Clare @ 8:18 pm
25 July 2006
Back again! Since I wrote last we have cycled ridiculously huge distances (around 25km yesterday in stupid heat); we’ve sweated gallons (most of it during our cycle trip yesterday!); we got a bit sunburnt (in spite of lashings of factor 25 sun cream); we’ve visited a 7,000 year old frozen corpse called Otzi; been [...]
Filed under: Holiday postcards, Italiano — Clare @ 3:42 pm
20 July 2006
A brief message as we take refuge from the 40° heat in Trento.
We are staying in the wonderful Agritur La Decima, where our hosts Elena and Giuseppe could not be more helpful or friendly. The plan with this holiday was to stay in the mountains because we thought it would be a bit cooler [...]
Filed under: Holiday postcards, Italiano — Clare @ 3:07 pm
17 July 2006
Just a brief message to my neglected readers as we wait for our flights to sunny Italy. Yes, I know, we’re off on holiday AGAIN. The house sitter cum plant pot waterer cum cat feeder is in situ, but alas we have no-one taking care of our allotment. This can only mean [...]
Filed under: Mulch — Clare @ 5:28 am
6 July 2006
Today I left one of my three jobs. I know. Three jobs is excessive in anyone’s book - that’s one of the reasons why I decided that it would be more sensible to leave one and ACTUALLY HAVE A LIFE!
Still, leaving has been hard. At UCE I have been part of a really [...]
Filed under: Mulch — Clare @ 10:48 pm
4 July 2006
Having pretty much finished the last of my broad beans, I am now ready to share my disappointment in them. It seems like sacrilege after the sweat and toil involved in the journey from seed to plate to say this, but say it I will.
Last year my broad beans were a product of an [...]
Filed under: Harvest, Review & plan — Clare @ 7:15 pm