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Lacking Motivation…
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Lacking Motivation…

4 months ago by Katie
I haven't written a blog post in two weeks now and the poor allotment is slowly falling to pieces, it seems my gardening motivation is slipping away along with Summer and it's a little sad... Work has been somewhat hectic this year with all the garden s...
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The Hunt for Elderflower…
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The Hunt for Elderflower…

4 months ago by Katie
It's that time of year again and one of my favourites! The elderflower has been out for a week or so now and it's my all time favourite foraged treat, the smell and taste is simply delicious and nothing says Summer like some elderflower cordial and champagne. ...
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A few little jobs…
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A few little jobs…

5 months ago by Katie
m starting to think Summer is going to pass us by in a blink of an eye... it's already very nearly June and we've just finished selling at our 5th garden show this year (3rd in a row!) and we are a little knackered to say the least. On the way to Kent I spotte...
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Courgettes and Sunflowers
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Courgettes and Sunflowers

5 months ago by Katie
We arrived back from selling at another garden show late on Sunday night and I was looking forward to spending an hour or so up the allotment, I miss being able to spend time up there so much and there's a few things that need planting out. Today's jobs consis...
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30 minutes is all it takes…
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30 minutes is all it takes…

5 months ago by Katie
The allotment never fails to cheer me up and after a very hectic weekend and the next 4 weekends looking near enough the same I decided to head up to plot 15c for a bit of garden therapy. And by garden therapy I mean sitting on the shed step for half an hour l...
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My Little Haven
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My Little Haven

5 months ago by Katie
We're back from selling at yet another garden show and this time it was the big one... the RHS Malvern Spring Festival. We had such a great time setting up our Lavender and Leeks shop and meeting fans and new customers, it would have been so nice to have had t...
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The National Flower Show Ticket Giveaway!
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The National Flower Show Ticket Giveaway!

5 months ago by Katie
It's a busy morning getting ready for the RHS Malvern Spring Festival but before we speed off to set up shop I just wanted to do a quick giveaway... We will be selling at the National Flower Show at Hylands House, Chelmsford on the 19th, 20th and 21st o...
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The Most Smallest of Harvests
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The Most Smallest of Harvests

5 months ago by Katie
It's the first week in May and the allotment is starting to fill up nicely now; the broad beans are flowering, onions are growing happily, carrots have been sown and the potatoes are bursting out from underneath the soil. The radish tank is also producing beau...
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Sweet Peas, Globe Artichokes and more flowers!
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Sweet Peas, Globe Artichokes and more flowers!

5 months ago by Katie
Back from Wales and back up the allotment again, waking extra early on Sunday morning so I could get busy working through my to-do list. The allotment site was empty when I arrived and I loved it, it's so peaceful up there and I almost prefer working like this...
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Wild Garlic Butter
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Wild Garlic Butter

5 months ago by Katie
As you all know by previous posts I managed to find a beautiful little spot down on the farm with an abundance of wild garlic growing. As a complete garlic lover I was so excited to have found it and for the past two years I've been heading down there with a w...
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The First Salad Harvest
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The First Salad Harvest

5 months ago by Katie
About a month ago some little tomato and lettuce seedlings came on the 4 hour journey with me in my car on one of my many visits to Wales. I planted them up in the greenhouse, watered them in and left them in the supervision of Charles and his Mum. There's 3 '...
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Wild Garlic Season
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Wild Garlic Season

5 months ago by Katie
I'm back on the farm in Wales after what seems like ages and I'm so happy to be back with my two favourites. I'm making the most of my week here as I won't be back again for another 2 months due to selling at 5 shows in a row soon! Whilst Charles was b...
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I haven't written a blog post in two weeks now and the poor allotment is slowly falling to pieces, it seems my gardening motivation is slipping away along with Summer and it's a little sad... Work has been somewhat hectic this year with all the garden shows that we booked up, along with working weekends we work through the week making metal work, sourcing vintage gardenalia and then cleaning it up for sale. Not that I'm complaining at all, we are so grateful to all our customers and thankful that our little business is growing. It's just I miss spending long summer evenings up the allotment surrounded by homegrown flowers and vegetables, something that I'm lacking of this year! The allotment isn't growing to it's full potential and this brings me down, all my big plans and ideas went out the window in April and the plot has been neglected. When I pop up there to do some quick watering and see the onions going to seed, broad beans blown over in the wind, strawberries eaten, potatoes not earthed up, borlotto beans laying lifeless on the floor, the shed roofing material ripped, the gate hanging down and all the weeds and grass as high as your knee it's very disheartening. I can't tell you how many times I've felt like giving up. I spent one rare afternoon up there last week with my Dad, he had brought up the lawn mower and strimmer to cut his own allotment back so I borrowed the strimmer to have a quick whizz round plot 15c. It's funny how something so quick and simple can make a whole lot of difference, even though I love the wild look the allotment was looking a tad messy and unkept, now at least it's looking a little tidier! Whilst I was there I took the opportunity to dead head the rose bush which has been blooming beautifully for the past few weeks now. I have two varieties on plot 15c, one was a birthday gift 3 years back called 'Katie's rose' (although I doubt that's it's real name!) and the other is a climbing rose called Penny Lane which is growing rather slowly near the back of the shed. The plan for this rose was to have it trained up the side of the shed and onto the galvanised sheeting roof... which I have but still need to put on, in fact it needs to go on pronto as the roofing material has a tear right down the centre! I also planted out a gherkin into the trough which I purchased from the last garden show after mine had failed to germinate. Fingers crossed it will grow up a handmade trellis and give me at least a few gherkins to pickle. The squash I planted into the trough 2 weeks ago is growing really well and I've made sure to keep the soil in the trough well watered in this hot weather. It dries up really quickly in this heat and it doesn't look like we'll be having any rain soon. Last but not least, as the sun was fading, I picked my one and only strawberry from the temporary strawberry patch. This one little strawberry gave me the hope to carry on with the allotment and that's just what I needed. Even though the allotment isn't looking it's best right now it can still produce, even if the pickings are small and limited, it's still producing and for that I'm thankful. Things don't have to look perfect and I just need to learn to live with that for now. Maybe one day I'll have my dream vegetable patch but for now I'm grateful for the small amount of time I get to spend up the allotment and all the harvests I can get in these busy times.

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