My best harvest of onions ever!

July 5, 2018.Reading time 2 minutes.

Back in October a chance encounter with a fellow plot holder convinced me to try growing some winter onions. All previous attepts hadn’t quite worked for me and more often than not, ended in a soggy bottom or a soft neck. Let’s face it, nobody wants that do they! However, the planet’s must have aligned […]

Planting beetroot

April 24, 2018.Reading time 3 minutes.

New discoveries Two years ago I found my love for beetroot…. We attended a River Cottage gardening course (which was brilliant by the way!) and during lunch, with the garden in sight and a table full of fresh, healthy produce sprawled out in front of me, I was served a glorious plate of tasty red […]

Planting potatoes

April 5, 2018.Reading time 4 minutes.

It’s time to plant this year’s spuds!

Here we go again for another year!

March 23, 2018.Reading time 3 minutes.

Well hello there! It seems Autumn was such a long time ago and absolutely forever since I wrote my last blog post. In a way it’s a measure of success because having turned the plot into a no dig garden, once the manure was spread and the beds tucked up for the winter there really […]