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I have been for the first time after work yesterday, and then again today – very frustrating but at the same time it has been absolutely vital as slugs and snails (big, beautiful ones) seem to have found their way to my seedlings and have already cleared out four crops completely and another two or…

Over Easter I became an expert of bed-making. I made four; still have another four to go and I am a tinselly bit tired and sore, but you know… It’s that time of the year! Anyway, if you do a big of gardening yourselves, you will know that it’s awfully expensive to buy pre-shaped wood…

Suddenly the anxiety of having to do everything in the weekend because the week is off-limit was gone: British Summer Time! It was more relaxing doing what I have done for the last couple of months: digging and sowing, knowing that I will be able to go back evening after evening. Except if the weather…

As I said last week everything is tidy and ready to burst into life, and it’s so good to look at and enjoy, except it’s NOT under control! This is the time of the year when all the gardening chores start to compete for my time, at home and the allotment, and I still have…

Yesterday, with sunny weather forecast, I decided to take the day off to garden. It was actually cold and grey, but my order of trees had arrived, so I had to clean the pots and transplant my new lemon, olive and lime trees. In my collection of old Italian favourites, which started last year with…

Today I spent another great afternoon, on a delightfully sunny day, at the allotment. There is not much to talk about, really, but it was great fun as I increased the size of the asparagus bed to plant the new ones I got last week – the hickory axe and the recycled fence panels from…