Tuesday straight from work, Simon and I had our challenge cut out to attempt to build the next bed and plant two blueberry bushes. I had...

No post holiday blues for me for once. I came back from holiday raring to get a move on and catch up on my week away from the allotment....

The rain did fall all day Saturday and some of Sunday morning. As soon as it stopped, Si and I headed back up to the allotment with...

The weather for the weekend looked a bit Marti Pellow (I cannot believe I did that joke). Rain for the whole weekend with the exception...

I've had a super response to my blogs with a good number of people liking and following and subscribing to the page so you know when I've...

Having had a truly spectacular two week biking holiday through France and Spain, Si felt it only right that he return to being my...

A whole, free weekend ahead of me so what better way than to start with breakfast on my allotment. Armed with coffee and two bacon and...

Bright and early, my willing assistant who will probably never, ever come and stay again, were up and eating another hearty breakfast of...

I like to start each of my gardening sessions with a clean slate, so having got rid of so much waste, Amy and I got dug in. The usual...

I know many of you have been wondering how I would get on with spiders. Let's face it I have a real thing about them. Just typing this is...

I last left you worrying as to whether I would have to work solo, as my loyal worker/husband had abandoned his work post to go off and...

I promised myself that I would log each visit to my plot for my own records. With Simon soon heading off on his holiday, I doubted I'd be...

I think I may need to give an explanation of why Tahiti "It's a magical place" is the name of my plot. This is a reference to MARVEL's...

A common perennial who's leaves can be used in salads or can be prepared and cooked the same way as spinach. They contain oxalic acid...

Don't get me wrong, I really want to spend every evening and weekend in Tahiti but I also need to do boring household stuff like cook...

Another work day complete and armed with a list of suitable allotment names from my Mum and me, of we drove again to "Tahiti". The main...

First day back at work after a wonderful two weeks away in the land of sun, wine, cidre and cheese. It wasn't too bad. I had decided that...

Back in the UK, I realised that the only person dooming me to failure was myself before I even got started. I contacted the local Parish...

And so it came to pass that I needed a well deserved holiday. Working hard with no time off makes for a sad and stressed Kerrance. I...

Life continued. Si found the love of motorbiking and off-roading and I found out that it wasn't for me. This was quite a revelation. Why...