Gooseberries Galore, Rampant Raspberries and Burgeoning Blackcurrants

We went fruit picking on the plot on Sunday. I’d been itching to go and pick some fruit for about a week because I knew that there was plenty ready. So, my husband and two children and I went over to the allotment armed with a few baskets to collect fruit. The raspberries were in [...]

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A quick trip to the allotment that turned into a two hour visit

I didn’t mean to be long…….. But, I wanted to plant the 3 aubergine plants that I’d been propagating at home, particularly since they were starting to suffer from life in the small pots they were housed in. So, off I went, and ended up spending about an hour pulling out more bindweed (if only [...]

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