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June

A collection of 6 posts

Roasted Allotment Veg (2025)

Roasted Allotment Veg (2025)

This is not really a recipe - just more veg based inspo.... enjoy (I did!!). Step one - chop up ALL THE VEGGIES, coat in some nice olive oil, salt and pepper. Pop in the oven to roast (I use 180c for most things, this was no different). Step Two - When the

Gentle pottering at the plot (2025)

Gentle pottering at the plot (2025)

28th June A gentle potter and light maintenance at the plot today. A good soak for most things and a stinky feed of comfrey tea for the tomatoes and the squash, followed by a quick trim up of the brambles. My aunt and uncle visited with a spare composter, which

Productive planting

Productive planting

Sunday 22nd June I got to the plot early again today, before 7 am and had a really productive time. I achieved both more and less than I had planned today, returning home with some seedlings that will either get planted at home or will live in their pots for

Early Start

Sat 21st June I set my alarm for my normal commute time and was at the plot before 7am. I was the first one there and had the place to myself. I set about clearing the weeds along the fence line between my plot and the communal path, which made

Radish-leaf Pesto

Radish-leaf Pesto

This very tasty pesto made a super simple addition to some grilled chicken wraps. There was so much leaf left after cleaning - and eating - the radishes that I wanted to find a way to use them up, instead of putting them in the compost. The well washed leaves of five

Grow, Grow, Grow

Grow, Grow, Grow

Sunday 8th The cold frames are full again with a combination of seeds I have sown and seedlings that came in the post. The post seedlings all arrived in really good condition minus a strawberry variety that they ran out of and for some reason my Sorel seems to have