Tag: l’orto

After 8 months in the waiting list, and an incredible series of defections (there were 5 plots to choose from), we’ve got a small addition to our growing space. Hubby got wellies and gloves, and a kneeler pad (he is still in need of a tetanus jab, though), and today we went down to clear…

Yesterday I ran through the allotment pictures from 2009, a selection of which I published on Flickr. I was really surprised by how much was there: I had forgotten almost entirely the amount of work I put into it, how much I had transformed the plot, and the fairly plentiful crops, the bugs, the colours……

I finally managed to sow my broadbeans today… and it rained straight afterwards: that’s good!

Today was such a lovely day: it made me forget Christmas and think of spring, besides wanting to go out! It must be the first day we have had a proper blue sky and sun in over a month. I have taken off the decorations from the tree, which has gone back to my back…

We had the snow, then a thick fog so it was a great time to spend indoor and relax, doing all the stuff I had left for months, some for years, like making pasta! I did my stocktaking: it came out last year I had been particularly keen on flowers, and fruit. I made a…

It will be next to impossible for me to do any gardening over the Christmas holidays, as there is still a fair amount of snow on the ground here. However, this will be the perfect time for me to complete my seed stock taking: removing the seed box from the kitchen floor will also work as…

The other day I received an email from one of my favourite suppliers, Garden Organic, suggesting that I gave someone for Christmas an adopted vegetable from the Heritage Seed Library. While your money goes into funding the conservation of a heritage veggie variety, the recipient of the present receives an awareness raising card; in some cases, when the…