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Last of the Pumpkins
A quick visit down the allotment resulted in a whole wheelbarrows worth of produce. I KNOW the pumpkins fill most of the space, but that was the intention, the Tallest had specifically requested some… more →
Growing Things From Seed
Last of the Pumpkins
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growingthings wrote 1 month ago: A quick visit down the allotment resulted in a whole wheelbarrows worth of produce. I KNOW the pump … more →
Potato Blight
growingthings wrote 3 months ago: When it finally got to my main crop potatoes. I have dome really well this year, the earlies even ma … more →
Back to normal again
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growingthings wrote 5 months ago: The distinct lack of posts has been due to actually having a social life! And having finally returne … more →
The Allotment awaits
growingthings wrote 6 months ago: Off to get the Smalls up after this post, and as the weather is dry and fortunately not too windy a … more →
Globe Artichokes
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growingthings wrote 7 months ago: On the odd occasion I do get to stray away from only planting the things that we eat as a family and … more →
Peas in
growingthings wrote 7 months ago: Tallest seen here posing with the row of peas that she helped plant up and stake in. We’ll go … more →
Rhubarb (but no custard)
growingthings wrote 7 months ago: This was one crown of Rhubarb planted into the garden two years ago now, there are at the last count … more →
Did I say I was overzealous?
growingthings wrote 7 months ago: Okay, so leading on from my last post, I was extoling the virtues of having a mini-me on hand to hel … more →
Successional Sowing
growingthings wrote 7 months ago: As the Tallest grows older, I have very quickly realised that she can be a real help when it comes t … more →
Weight Loss and (too much?) Activity
growingthings wrote 7 months ago: So, posts have been a little thin on the ground, but then again so have I… My diagnosis with C … more →
Sorry about that!...
growingthings wrote 8 months ago: Okay, we haven’t slipped between the ever growing cracks in the concrete behind the house, its … more →
Muck Carting
growingthings wrote 8 months ago: The allotment, baring the tail end of the brussels and sprouting broccoli, is all dug over and await … more →
Recycled Wool Longies
growingthings wrote 9 months ago: A jumper that I never wore was turned into a shrug…which I wore…and then it got put on t … more →
Fragrant Baby Wipes Recipe
growingthings wrote 9 months ago: The Smallest is cutting teeth with a vengence (read two and three teeth at a time) and the normal mi … more →
Skinning and Drawing a Pheasant
growingthings wrote 9 months ago: This isn’t the tidiest of jobs done, but my only excuse is that it was snowing and hailing so … more →
Brace of Birds
growingthings wrote 9 months ago: This Saturday just gone, Hubby went beating for a friend (who is normally the beater) who partook in … more →
Knitted Monkey
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growingthings wrote 9 months ago: One of the main reasons that I haven’t been keeping up to date with the posts is that most of … more →
Chainsaw Maintainance
growingthings wrote 9 months ago: The Chainsaw has been getting rather a lot of use just lately as we haven’t kept up with the w … more →
Good, but not good enough.
growingthings wrote 10 months ago: The week has been filled with lots of exciting to-ing and fro-ing, as we have been viewing a house t … more →
