A look back at 2018
Happy New Year one and all, time to sit back, relax and take stock of the year gone by – and what a year it’s been.
10 Favourite Gardening Buzzfeed videos #5
It’s been a while since I’ve done one of these. Sometimes… We just need a little bit of inspiration 🙂
Vertical Fruit And Veggie Pallet Garden
Introducing my plant A – Z
I’ve created a plant A -7 page complete detailing how much seeds will cost, and when you need to sow them.
I’ve grown a lot of different types of the same fruit and veg over the years and during that time, I’ve tried to blog about how, why and what I’ve planted, along with any problems I’ve come across.
Continue reading “Introducing my plant A – Z”Bigos with BBC Surrey
This week has been quite an exciting week because my lovely new fiance, Monika appeared on BBC Surrey’s Thursday Night Supper Club with the fantastic Nicky Patrick exploring Polish cuisine.
Continue reading “Bigos with BBC Surrey”Wonky beds or allotment chic?
Not so long ago, actually maybe toward the end of last year and the beginning of this year I decided to merge some beds together to get more growing space and add some edging to the borders. It was part of my first plan of trying to rejig things on the plot.
As usual with these sorts of attempts, I think I gained top marks for effort but fell down at the execution stage – although I am my own worst critic. Although I tried to keep everything straight, it just didn’t happen.
I would probably say I fell down at the execution stage because I am notorious for not measuring things out properly or not even using a guide or a measure at all – so it’s no real mystery.
I’ve defended my inadequacies by using lines like “It’s meant to be like that, it’s allotment chic.” or “I’m going for the rustic look.” The truth is, I didn’t use a tape measure.
Don’t be fooled by the following pictures, the beds are actually super wonky, these images were taken earlier on in 2018.
Once I completed a few beds, I never bothered to change them until I decided to start again…again.