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Health & Outdoors
2nd August 2024
Why overnight NHS stays need urgent attention for both staff and patients
Design & Planning
13th May 2022
Planting for Pollinators – The RHS Chelsea 2022 Feature Garden
Sowing & Growing
7th February 2022
Indoor seed sowing – peat-free compost, worm casts and mole hills
Sowing & Growing
15th December 2021
Vegetable seeds substantially cheaper for 2021/22

Sowing & Growing

Vegetable seeds – price comparison for 2021

Vegetable seeds – price comparison for 2021

Agricultural weedkiller in my manure… again

Agricultural weedkiller in my manure… again

The guilt of lockdown happiness

The guilt of lockdown happiness

The Allotment

Why ‘Dig For Victory’ is vital in 2020… #GrowYourOwnaForCorona

19th March 2020

I’ve often told people that the ability to ‘grow your own’ food was a basic skill that would one day…

Phototoxicity – Beware the plants that burn!
18th October 2019
How to ripen green tomatoes – ethylene borrowing
30th August 2019

The Garden

Leonardslee Gardens, Loder’s Sussex Jewel Reopened

25th May 2019

When we moved into our home there were a few rhododendrons and azaleas dotted about in the small front garden.…

Fertiliser from Lightning Bolts and Crimson Clover
9th April 2019
Lunar Gardening – Should We Pay More Attention to the Moon?
19th March 2019

Browse the #AllotmentFashionWeek Archives

RHS Volunteering

Hampton Court Flower Show 2018

Hampton Court Flower Show: Water, Give Me Water!

13th July 2018

I spent another two days volunteering for the RHS at Hampton Court Flower Show last week and I have never…

The Weston Garden: Top Plant Picks from Tom Stuart-Smith’s Chelsea Garden
31st May 2018

Medieval Grow Your Own

How to Grow Onions: Medieval Grow Your Own

How to Grow Onions: Medieval Grow Your Own

31st March 2018

Looking for grow your own tips? These ones are between one and two thousand years old, passed on from the…

Herbs – Fennel, Oregano, Sage: Medieval Grow Your Own
18th March 2018

growlikegrandad

It's #hippeastrum time again. First of two blooms.

It's #hippeastrum time again. First of two blooms. Thanks @farmergracy for the annual pick me up.
#amaryllis

Blue skies and parakeets.

Blue skies and parakeets.

Beautiful wintery day, apple trees had to be prune

Beautiful wintery day, apple trees had to be pruned. Sadly lost a five year old tree, extreme rain had saturated the soil and it had fallen over, trunk also had some weird blemish on it so took it as a sign to pull it out rather than prop up (which I done with another tree a few years ago) and use the space for something else. Probably needed a bit more space there anyway. More room more giant pumpkin vines 😂 #allotment #pruning #appletreepruning

Bit nippy in the cabin today.

Bit nippy in the cabin today.

I'm telling you now, once you try the Sainsbury's

I'm telling you now, once you try the Sainsbury's Beef & Ale recipe mix with a bottle of Newcastle Brown Ale you'll never go back to stock cubes. ❤️ #stewanddumplings

Cold dry weather returning for a few weeks at the

Cold dry weather returning for a few weeks at the weekend, time to get that garlic in the ground. #growyourownveg #garlic

Not been here for 8 years, not sure where the time

Not been here for 8 years, not sure where the time went, feels like yesterday. #Stowe

Winter walk with family at #Stowe

Winter walk with family at #Stowe

70 bluebells bulbs for £5 seems much more realist

70 bluebells bulbs for £5 seems much more realistic than £59.99 🤔 #bluebells

Cabin terrace cleared of crazy couch grass and old

Cabin terrace cleared of crazy couch grass and old lavender. Put in new plants which I picked up from the sale area at a garden centre in November. More bulbs to put in tomorrow. #lavender #terracegarden #gardening

Lower terrace fully cleared. Started putting in so

Lower terrace fully cleared. Started putting in some perennials but big last minute job of bulbs tomorrow. #terracegarden #wildflowermeadow

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