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• December at Plot 4

  

  What a wet month! It’s been weeks of random downpours and wind fuelled rain. The allotment has a real windswept and weather beaten look to it, and our visits... Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2014 FOOD & DRINK, GARDENING, HOME

• Favourite Five Pear Recipes

  

  Our little pear tree has been a real success this year. So small that there is no way it could support a partridge for a Christmas card photo shoot, it has had ... Read more

  Posted on 25 November 2014 FOOD & DRINK, GARDENING, HOME

• Autumnal Root Vegetable Salad with Goats Cheese and Lentils

  

  During the spring and summer, there’s not much more I like than to have a fresh salad, using what I can find at the allotment to make a delicious lunch. Read more

  Posted on 20 November 2014 FOOD & DRINK, GARDENING, HOME

• Feed the Birds Tuppence a Bag

  

  The last few days have seen a return of the wet weather, but before that the autumnal cold showed itself and reminded me that the birds at the allotment, and... Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2014 FOOD & DRINK, GARDENING, HOME

• The Macro Allotment

  

  “November’s sky is chill and drear, November’s leaf is red and sear.” -   Sir Walter Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2014 FOOD & DRINK, GARDENING, HOME

• The Power of the List

  

  Sometimes everything becomes too much doesn’t it? Your mind races, you don’t know what to do when, it overwhelms you and you can’t achieve anything. Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2014 FOOD & DRINK, GARDENING, HOME

• November at Plot 4

  

  The weather this October has been really warm. As a result the allotment still has flowers blooming and on my last visit the ivy was awash with bees buzzing... Read more

  Posted on 01 November 2014 FOOD & DRINK, GARDENING, HOME

• How to Make Gluten-Free Pumpkin Cupcakes

  

  The pumpkins and squashes we have in the UK almost always end up in delicious savoury dishes, like those mentioned in my Favourite Five recipes, but in the USA... Read more

  Posted on 27 October 2014 FOOD & DRINK, GARDENING, HOME

• How to Make Nasturtium Capers

  

  When we were in Sicily this summer, one of the ingredients which I found in the market of Ortigia was capers. The region, and especially the island of... Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2014 FOOD & DRINK, GARDENING, HOME

• Favourite Five Pumpkin & Squash Recipes

  

  Last weekend we went to the Slindon Pumpkin Festival, enjoying the amazing display produced using these autumn fruits. Nothing says autumn more than a pumpkin o... Read more

  Posted on 19 October 2014 FOOD & DRINK, GARDENING, HOME

• The Macro Allotment

  

  Bittersweet October. The mellow, messy, leaf-kicking, perfect pause between the opposing miseries of summer and winter. ~Carol Bishop Read more

  Posted on 15 October 2014 FOOD & DRINK, GARDENING, HOME

• Time Together and Time Alone

  

  I’ve blogged previously about the fact that one of the things I learnt over the last year or so, is that I need to have some time to myself; a chance to unwind... Read more

  Posted on 11 October 2014 FOOD & DRINK, GARDENING, HOME

• 7 Fruit and Vegetables to Eat This Autumn

  

  Autumn is without doubt my favourite season. It starts in September with the last hoorah of summer, and makes its way through to the cold of November. Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2014 FOOD & DRINK, GARDENING, HOME

• October at Plot 4

  

  September, with the start of the school year and my work to develop a local bakery in the heart of my community, has sped by. If I’m honest, I’ve neglected the... Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2014 FOOD & DRINK, GARDENING, HOME

• How to Make Beetroot & Apple Slaw

  

  Beetroot are earthy and sweet in taste, and a great vegetable for this time of year. This season we have grown two varieties; the classic ruby red Boltardy and... Read more

  Posted on 28 September 2014 FOOD & DRINK, GARDENING, HOME

• How to Make Recycled Metal Spoon Hooks

  

  I like to spend much money on the allotment. It’s not that I’m not committed to the plot; if we were ever to lose our little bit of land over the other side of... Read more

  Posted on 25 September 2014 FOOD & DRINK, GARDENING, HOME

• Favourite Five Apple Recipes

  

  Apples, and specifically British apples, are my favourite fruit. I love the variety in flavours that apples bring, from sweet and juicy, to crisp and sharp. Read more

  Posted on 21 September 2014 FOOD & DRINK, GARDENING, HOME

• The Macro Allotment

  

  Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns ~ George Read more

  Posted on 17 September 2014 FOOD & DRINK, GARDENING, HOME

• A Year Is A Long Time

  

  The  eagle-eyed amongst you may have noticed that at the start of this month, this blog was a year old. Amazingly, I have been writing down my musings on life,... Read more

  Posted on 13 September 2014 FOOD & DRINK, GARDENING, HOME

• Foraged Food – Moules Marinière

  

  The allotment provides us with a lot of our food; we harvest lots of fruit and veg from the standard sized allotment chunk of land. However, when it comes to... Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2014 FOOD & DRINK, GARDENING, HOME