Sustainable living for busy families
The council are still trying to decide which allotment plot we've been allocated. Whilst I’m waiting to find out I thought it might be nice to share some photographs of what I managed to grow in my garden this year. As we're in rented accommodation with a gravel garden I have had to grow my… Continue reading Plot still pending…
Since there is still some confusion over which plot is actually ours I've decided to pass the time doing some research. My Dad and Step-Mum have just bought me a book (pictured) called The Classic Allotment by Gordon Thornburn. They picked it up in a garden centre on a recent trip to Basingstoke. It contains… Continue reading Swotting up
I am very excited, and a little nervous, to announce that we have been given an allotment! I went to have a look at the plot today and it is either; 1/ a very well tended plot with a shed, compost bins and a water butt or, 2/ a wilderness of weeds, raspberry plants and… Continue reading The Plot Begins
