Adventures in the life of an English allotment
Finally, after weeks of delays, we finally managed to get down to the allotment for a decent amount of time. As usual, we are behind everyone else but after a decade, I have resigned myself to this, ignoring my annual resolution to be more organised next year. My first job was to clear out the... Continue Reading →
Yet more sad news today from our flock - we popped out to top up the Topknot gang's food and water this evening to find Trixie had passed away. We rarely manage to just lose one chicken - often it's two or three in a short space of time and I have no idea why.... Continue Reading →
Yesterday my husband popped down to the allotment to check on the chickens. Ginny had been very quiet the last couple of days and we were worried about her. Unfortunately, he found that she had passed away overnight. Ginny was always on the shy side, preferring the company of Bonny over the rest of the... Continue Reading →
Buying seeds for the new growing year is always exciting. What do you choose? What new thing are you going to try this year? How about those beans that you tried five years ago that were a total disaster? Or how about that crop you've wanted to try but haven't because everyone said they were... Continue Reading →
Over the weekend, the weather was actually dry. Dry! Without precipitation of any type! No rain, snow, sleet, hail! After spending several long moments in utter shock at a large yellow circular thing in the sky - I believe it has a name, but I couldn't remember the technical term for it - we headed... Continue Reading →
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