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• The Joys of A24a

  

  Hey there lovely people and welcome to the weekend! I hope you get at least one good wee segment of time to yourself to enjoy your lottie or garden in the next... Read more

  Posted on 13 June 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Blood Like Treacle - a Simple Catch up of Sorts

  

  Over the last few weeks I feel as though my blood has turned to treacle, there is a layer in and around my brain and I simply can't think without being utterly... Read more

  Posted on 10 June 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• A Bloody Good Rant

  

  Maggie is furious, so angry in fact that she called a meeting last weekend to talk about a subject which Andrew and I had been getting more and more frustrated... Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Saving Our Sanity

  

  Arrrghhh! 14b is really messing with our heads and it's all just a bit much. We finally broke last week and had to make a decision... Read more

  Posted on 30 May 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• (3rd) Happy Days Project

  

  Still loving this project of collating an instagram photo a day to make up a collage of happiness. Okay, I may have missed a few days here and there and it isn'... Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Our Urban Oasis

  

  Yesterday was one of my worse mental health days for a very long time. It's left me exhausted and upset and truly looking back I can't believe I got through it ... Read more

  Posted on 23 May 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Growing Celeriac

  

  We love our celeriac in this house and have been growing it on the plot since the first year; always Giant Prague and always with the happiest of results. Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Duality of the Allotments

  

  Over the past few days I have been taking Maggie for a walk right the way up the road and through the allotment gardens, out the bottom and along home again. Read more

  Posted on 21 May 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• An Archaeologist's Wife

  

  Like everyone, I wear many hats in my life (though I have misplaced a couple recently) and I am not only an allotmenteer and blogger. No. Read more

  Posted on 16 May 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• (2nd) Happy Days Project :)

  

  I adore the ease and instant gratification of Instagram - I just have my phone near me all the time away and the camera on it is great and can capture a wee... Read more

  Posted on 10 May 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Eminent Imploding Brain

  

  My brain is so very fragile that the last time I wrote anything here was last week and I couldn't even finish it. Even then the post was about days earlier and ... Read more

  Posted on 06 May 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Springing into May

  

  April has whizzed past me in a blur to be honest, if it weren't for all the photos and blogging I would be lost to recall what happened. Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Allotment Undergardener

  

  Are you aware that I don't really know much about allotmenteering? I understand the principles and even some technical stuff but I don't use my knowledge ~ I'm... Read more

  Posted on 28 April 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Allotment Heartache

  

  I lost my most favourite tree and maybe my favourite plant on the plots last week; my precious cherry tree 'Stella'. I adored it. Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Book Review - Kitchen Garden Experts

  

  My luck runneth over as Frances Lincoln Publishers has sent me May book release: Kitchen Garden Experts by Cinead McTernan, photography by Jason Ingrid.The... Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• The Back Garden Starts to Explode :)

  

  Sometimes it takes you to go away for a while to really appreciate how much your garden grows in a week, especially in Spring. If you were to watch it... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Bonny Scotland :)

  

  The weather in Scotland was fabulous last week, we couldn't have been luckier. Andrew got to do some work, looking at castles etc and I got to do a little... Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• I Need a Holiday!

  

  Technically I have just returned from a holiday in Scotland but lordy, I need another one to recover! We drove so much, fitted in so many sights and slept in a... Read more

  Posted on 21 April 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Happy Days Project :)

  

  I thought I would share this for a bit of fun. On instagram there is a hashtag for 100 happy days, which, if you take part, makes you feel compelled to take a... Read more

  Posted on 17 April 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Bee Friendly Plants

  

  So here I am in Scotland for the week and what a week....RHS National Gardening Week - celebrate! Oh I know I shall just have to drink some fine local whisky... Read more

  Posted on 15 April 2014 GARDENING, HOME