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LATEST ARTICLES ( 86 )

• Days for Tea and Cake

  

  There are merely a few signs that Spring is here and right now it feels like Winter is having a good old go at clinging on with its icy finger nails clamped... Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Desktop Blooms from the Garden

  

  Today I took a quick trip in to the garden, which is something of a novelty these days but the sun was shining and I had a free saturday to play with. Read more

  Posted on 16 February 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• A Bacon and Egg Sandwich Day

  

  On days like today, after a long morning at the stables, I’m more than grateful for bacon and egg sandwiches. It's the kind of food that warms you up, fills tha... Read more

  Posted on 19 January 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Welcoming the New Year

  

  has started with a cold, a heavily moulting Golden Retriever and a hell of a lot of cleaning. Not the most exciting way to begin a brand New Year but it would b... Read more

  Posted on 01 January 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Product Review: GreanBase Wheelbarrow Booster

  

  When I was asked by Joe from GreanBase to review the Wheelbarrow Booster, a product that would increase the capacity of my wheelbarrow by up to 300%, I... Read more

  Posted on 10 December 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• Ryan’s Garden Photography Competition: Win Higgledy Garden Flower Seeds

  

  It’s the perfect time of year to sit snug in front of the fire and flick through seed catalogues while planning the year ahead but I may have an alternative... Read more

  Posted on 03 December 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• The King of the Autumn Vegetable Garden

  

  I’ve been waiting for this moment. The ground is crisp, the air icy and the heavy-knits, scarves and gloves are out of the wardrobe – it’s Parsnip pulling time! Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• Oranges, Reds, Bugs and Seed Heads

  

  I couldn’t resist getting out in to the garden today, which felt like a bit of a novelty given the year we’ve had so far. The sun was shining and with that the... Read more

  Posted on 25 October 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• Ryan's Garden Competition: Win a Draper Garden Tool Set!

  

  Well, we haven't had a competition on the blog for a while and what with all the doom and gloom of late I thought it was about time we had a bit of fun. Read more

  Posted on 19 October 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• The Chicken’s in the Fox and Someone’s Chopped up My Railway Sleepers

  

  “Well, the chicken’s in the fox and someone’s chopped up my railway sleepers”. That was my reply to one of my fellow allotment holders who had the untimely... Read more

  Posted on 15 October 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• Apples on Sticks and a Name for My Cock

  

  I was fortunate enough today to spend a bit of quality time with the chickens. For those of you who don’t keep chickens I imagine it’s quite a strange concept,... Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2012 GARDENING

• Of New Seasons and Good Fortune

  

  It appears that autumn is the new summer, well at least for the past few days it has been anyway, but as we speak the skies are awash with grey and the wind of... Read more

  Posted on 09 September 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• Three Courgettes – is This a Glut?

  

  I left the allotment today with an overwhelming feeling of smugness. No, I hadn’t outdone one of the old boys or found my favorite fork, which has been “missing... Read more

  Posted on 28 August 2012 GARDENING

• Potatoh!

  

  The undeniable successes of 2012 (so far) have largely come from the Allium bed. The shallots, onions and garlic have all outdone themselves but there may be a... Read more

  Posted on 23 August 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• Gold at the Allotment

  

  Courgette 'Taxi' The fashionably late arrival of courgette’s and runner beans has somewhat restored my faith in my ability to grow valuable plants, as opposed t... Read more

  Posted on 16 August 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• 'Not the Most Prolific Blogger But...'

  

  I’m slowly becoming a one-blog-a-month kind of guy, of course it’s not something that I strive to be but I guess the label’s already stuck after ‘The Edible... Read more

  Posted on 04 August 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• Garlic, Gooseberry Sawfly and Appreciative Chickens

  

  Gardening has been on the back burner of late, what with the weather and my increasing workload, but in between rain showers I grabbed the opportunity to get... Read more

  Posted on 12 July 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• Ryan's Garden Competition: Win a £50 Gift Voucher

  

  As summer is still considering whether or not to make an appearance, I thought I’d try to cheer everyone up a bit by posting a picture of the Asiatic Lilies in... Read more

  Posted on 24 June 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• Bringing the Garden Indoors

  

  Anyone who read my last whinge blog post will know that I've been suffering somewhat from the effects of the weather and so too has my garden and allotment... Read more

  Posted on 16 June 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• Rip It out and Start Again

  

  Snails enjoying my Bronze Fennel If a man could live on Alliums alone then this man would be very happy and particularly well nourished. Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2012 GARDENING