Month: May 2011
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Succession sowing: yeah!
For the first time in four years I have managed some succession sowing, so I should be sorted with salad leaves most of the summer. In April I had sowed some misticanza leaves in one of my two plastic “tents” for protection. By the time I came back from holiday in mid-May, they were ready…
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It’s been forever!
I have not written for the best of a month, what with my exam and – after that – some longed-for holidays. The plot is not in bad shape, probably because it did not rain so much as to set the weeds on rampage (not even nettles!), but just enough to get the crops going.…
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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