NomeGrown

When I first started growing things, March was the month of frenzied seed-sowing, but now, having had a few years experience, I've chill...

March has been a busy month for many reasons, and I've been way behind with seed-sowing for the new season, but in the last week I'v...

Despite having a long list of jobs I need to get done before the growing season starts again, very little is happening on the plot at the mo...

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 ...

I am enduring day eleven of intense sore throat, swollen glands, stiff neck and upper body, exhaustion and misery. Apparently antibiotics wo...

Last week we harvested the first of our broad beans and baby carrots - and what a pleasant surprise! In contrast to last year's disma...

I know, I know, I'm way behind. The good news is MOST of the things I'm about to tell you about were actually sown a few weeks ago -...

So this is the amazing stew I made on Monday out of our haul from the allotment. I make this every year with the first of our broad beans, p...

We spent some time at the allotment today, for the first time in a good week and a half, and we were dismayed to find it looking rather sorr...

The hail and freezing rain showers have eased off again, and we've managed to get some good weeding done over the last couple of days. ...

Progress has been slow on the plot this week, and we haven't achieved much except for regular watering trips. I was beginning to think t...