I was going to write about the therapeutic properties of weeding and how it’s a great way of letting your mind run clear and helping you sort things out in…
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Putting in the work for a good vegetable harvest
I can never work out why the fresh supermarket fruit and veg that’s eaten on holiday somewhere sunkissed in the Mediterranean taste so much nicer than the produce you buy…
Allotment life can continue
We can visit our allotments! Michael Gove, Minister for the Cabinet Office, has stated that those people with allotments can tend them during the strict new curbs on life in…
The first garden hog of the year
We have been seeing signs that our hedgehog(s) are up and doing after their winter for around 10 days now. By ‘signs’ I mean little black torpedoes of poo left…
Life on the allotment – broad beans and garlic
Broad beans I sowed some ‘Aquadulce Claudia’ broad beans in October last year and planted them out on the allotment in November. They’re growing well, but I think I need…
Going potty after a week’s confinement!
Ruth attacks pots while self-isolating
Life on the Allotment: Spuds
Welcome to Lesley Upton’s blog about life on the allotment during the Coronavirus crisis
Self-Isolating But Thankful For The Garden
Gardening Editor Ruth Hayes is self-isolating - follow her blog