I’ll confess that the blue theme wasn’t as strong as I might’ve hoped, and definitely wandered into purple/pink, but the flowers from Bath Organic Blooms were fantastic – arranged of course by my mother in law. The roses came via Bath Organic Blooms from a English supplier – tip – book early because although we …
We’ve been really slack with the allotment all winter due to being busy, but it hasn’t let us down. Spring kale, purple sprouting, rhubarb, leeks and parsnips that we should’ve eaten during the winter were patiently waiting for us. I say us, I mean my husband, as I’m revising hard for finals in May. There …
See the thing is, we could have sugared almonds. But I think they taste like sweet plastic.Or personalise key rings. But no-one would ever use them.Or even cute pot plants. But if it were me, I’d let forget to water it and that would be it. So the current thought is to give everyone a …
So more conumdrums about the wedding. In an ideal world, we’d go for an all organic, season, local menu. But then… how local? And how organic? Because tasty things like greek feta aren’t very local.. and organic salmon has had some bad press. And do And in real life, we don’t eat 100% organic food. …
So how much difference does it really make whether you put something in the Greenhouse, or outside, or even in the Shed? And surely one end of the allotment is as good as another? Well, as it turns out, a fair amount, and no. When we set up this experiment, I was prepared to see …
We have managed to aquire yet another bit of allotment (as if we didn’t have enough to deal with as it is). It was a bit overgrown but as ever the boyfriend machine went to it! It’s a bit scrubby, but we thought it would be good for growing tough stuff like potatoes, pumpkins etc. …
Successes: Spagetti Squash: very prolific, storing well and quite tasty Chillies: very hot, prolific and not eaten by the bugs (unlike the sweet peppers next to them) Cucumbers: glut. Therefore possibly a failure as more than we could eat…? Swede: Not plagued with pests, a bit small but now our winter staple. Onions: yep, they …
This is the question we’ve been pondering in our household. And it seems to be quite a common problem.We sowed about 20 of the seeds given to us by our nextdoor (allotment) neighbour. They all germinated, so we planted them all out. And then the fun began… We’ve given them to family and friends, frozen …
I’ve been quiet for a while whilst decorating, allotmenting and making a new website for Transition Bristol. Which leads me to a philosophical question – what is the difference between a broad bean and a computer?
I was implicitly scathing of re-branding in my guerrilla gardening post. I’ve always wondered what the point of re-branding was – same thing, different label – surely people don’t take any notice? It’s the same thing – no-one tries something just because of a new packet do they? Most evidence suggests yes. They do. Re-branding …
