Growing
These are all the posts in the “growing” category.
You may also be interested in cooking and eating the resulting produce!
Everyone already follows Plot 52, right? Fantastically sweet and funny allotment/growing illustrations – definitely one of my favourite blogs. I thought of Plot 52 while watching three bees going about their buzzy business on my raspberry bushes the other day — clearly they weren’t just any old bees, they were … Raspbees :) (Greg’s pictures [...]
Continue reading about My latest bad joke– um, I mean homage to Plot 52
Since deciding to have a ‘less is more’ approach this year (and being further encouraged on that path by seeds rotting in the soil and later by slugs), I’ve not felt overwhelmed by the garden this year and it’s given me the mental space to make bigger picture/longer term plans too. Both good things. I [...]
After a bit of a blogging holiday, I intended to write a puntastic post about how both this blog and the garden were “springing back to life”. My laziness at the end of last year – leaving lots of salad go to seed then not clearing away the pots – has meant that we’ve got [...]
We’re trying to return to normality after a fortnight of poorliness – and I’m feeling very aware that time is marching on in the garden. Things I need to do ASAP: Plant the six soft fruit bushes I bought from Aldi just before I got ill. Last year’s Aldi bushes are doing well so I [...]
