NomeGrown

I have a confession to make. Crop rotation on a small plot has always rather baffled me. On a big plot it makes sense - on a big plot you ca...

There's no cuisine quite as summery as Spanish food, packed with spice and summer vegetables such as peppers, green beans and tomatoes, ...

I've been pretty busy these last two weeks and neglecting my poor blog again, but with June (and some sunshine!) here now it's got t...

I'm not a vegetarian, and despite my fussiness about the meat I eat, I don't aspire to be one. I believe we humans are meant to eat ...

We've harvested our onions recently, and they're spread out to dry at home. A disappointing result, as usual, despite the fact I bou...

Okay, okay, here I am. I've been back from our holiday in Whitby a week and a half, but very busy focusing on a writing deadline, so her...

We picked our first French beans at the weekend! Beans are one of my favourite crops; they're easy to grow, productive, delicious and ve...

I've been spotting a few problems arising in some of the plants in the garden during the last month or so. It always seems to happen as ...

Despite being way ahead of ourselves earlier in the season, it's a real struggle keeping up with things at the allotment at this time of...

I took advantage of a couple of free days last week to get lots of things sorted in the garden. I planted out the tomatoes and peppers and g...