With BBQ season already started we thought we would try making some dips with things we are growing on the allotment. We’ve had to use market bought tomatoes here as ours are not quite ready yet. Dips from top left are: Spicy Tomato Salsa made with tomatoes, onion, garlic, tomato paste and cajun seasoning. Avocado [...]

Well we do like to think we’re rather charming, but today we planted our Cauliflower ‘Candid Charm’ We have never grown cauliflower before, so we’re a little nervous… we have read we need to fold the leaves over the florets as they grow, so they’ll need a little more care than our ‘shove it in [...]

After all the laziness over the bank holiday weekend – which was spent mostly eating and drinking rather than sowing and growing – we had planned to spend our evenings gardening and crafting… unfortunately those plans were scuppered by this cute little thing! Siobhan’s cat, Mia, had bit of an accident jumping up onto a [...]

With only rhubarb on offer from the allotment and only four sticks to share between us we decided it was time to try TasteBuds’ rhubarb bellinis. So into the oven went the rhubarb – chopped and topped with sugar, cinnamon and star anise, then covered with foil – for about 15 minutes. After 15 minutes [...]

Tonight we’ve deviated from the true allotmenty-ness of digging and weeding and we have got crafty!  Our mosaic trays and watering can cards… are you impressed?

Today was a perfect Spring day… warm sunshine, birds tweeting and much happiness from allotmenteers! Peering beneath the groundsheets we found the Rhubarb has survived and is looking rather healthy… with a bit of luck we’ll be over-run with it – we love it!  Perhaps we shouldn’t mention that, it’ll be our summer equivalent of [...]

Lazyitis has been the biggest feature of this blog, that and digging up weeds! Here’s hoping that 2011 will be known for lots of plot action and plentiful harvests! Today was such a beautiful day – chilly, but the sun was shining, birds were tweeting and no wind at all… perfect for digging and actually [...]

Yes, we’re lazy, we know it! But today we went up to the plot to clear LOADS of weeds… We had breakfast – lots of raspberries, straight from the canes – delicious! Shop-bought berries really pale in comparison. Potatoes are looking healthy, plenty of time to go before we dig them up though. And we [...]