Month: February 2010
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Digging under the rain
What a day: I started digging at 11 and was not done before 6! It was very satisfactory physical work – was shattered when I got home (man who saw me on my way said: “Keep going!” and burst out laughing it was so obvious that if I stopped I wouldn’t start again!!!) and went…
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The big scare
Talking of a lot to do in terms of digging and clearing, I came home tonight to find a letter from the council: first warning, they will take my allotment away if I do not fix the path. How the hell could that be, wonder I, when it was Yours Truly in the first place…
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Sowing the seeds of love…
Braving the snow showers on this Valentine’s weekend I decided sowing could not wait any longer and had to be done today. Tomorrow is going to snow more than today, and next week I will not be able to make it to the allotment, so it was basically now or never for several seeds, as…
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Ready, steady… no!
On Saturday I spent the whole day clearing, cleaning and disinfecting the greenhouse – one of the messiest jobs of the year – ready to sow for spring. Having taken a day off, as today it was meant to be sunny, I was raring to go… but not only it’s not sunny, IT’S actually SNOWING!…
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I love my beetroot!
Last summer for the first time I planted beetroot (Beta vulgaris). It was not a great success as slugs got at them at a time when I was not free to care for them much, but I managed to pick a couple, and the leaves are still growing in the bed. In my previous life…
About Me
M.Paola Andreoni
I got the first allotment in 2007 (in the UK) and started growing my own food for the first time. Learning as I went along was not enough, so I studied some horticulture. I am striving to abide by organic principles. Brexit gave me a new life in the Netherlands, and two new plots by a nature reserve.
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