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Reclaiming the plot
Responding to Pumpkin Soup’s invitation to ‘fess up, here is my own embarrassing little secret: The horribly overgrown rear of my allotment. Shamefully, this is the same area I cleared of weeds back...
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Plot in progress
Finally got out on the allotment today. So at last I have something to blog about. I aim to have all the manuring, clearing and digging finished by Christmas. That’s what a target is for; you know...
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The dig breakfast
On Sunday I was up bright and early to do a few hours of manuring and digging. The potato bed is now ready. And only just in time. If this warm spell continues, I’ll plant the spuds next weekend; put...
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I dig it my way
It’s not been pretty, and it’s only just done in time. But the allotment has been duly dug over and is ready to plant (give or take a bit of rubbish removal. Ahem). Regrets? Well, never too few to...
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Clearing up this year’s corn
I was digging like a Terminator on Sunday. Managed to get most of this year’s sweetcorn on the compost and even spread a bit more horse shit. Grim job, though. Back hurts, arse hurts, arms hurt, legs...
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Manuring and digging
Getting there. I’m still weeks behind, but hey. Nobody’s perfect. Given a few dry weekends, I should be able to sort the digging and manuring by the end of January. The biggest challenge now is finding...
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Earth has not anything to show more fair
“Dull would he be of soul who could pass by A sight so touching in its majesty” Call me a dreamer. Call me a sadster. Tell me I need to get out more. But hey, really. Is there anything more gorgeous...
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Of mud and geophysical determinism
Hard at it again. Weeds got a bit out of control over the summer, so I’ll be trying to wrest my allotment back from Nature over the next few months. Have been enjoying Guns, germs and steel, a book...
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