Author Archives: james
And the Shed Blew Over
My shed tries to do a Wizard of Oz and take off over the Christmas break. Continue reading
Welcome to the frozen North
It’s a bit cold now, and I’ve not been to the allotment for a few weeks. I’m only here now because the food waste bins are full and starting to smell nasty. The recent frost has killed all the weak … Continue reading
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Tagged Digging, Rotavator, Weeding
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Mr Rotavator
I buy and try a no-name brand Chinese rotavator from Amazon and try it on my allotment… Continue reading
Monsoon Season
Seems the weather has switched from hot and dry to “wet”. It’s a bit hard to do anything on an allotment when it’s raining. I did notice the water butt on my shed at home was full though. And the … Continue reading
Shed roof garden maintenance
Tidying up my shed roof garden, ready for Winter. Continue reading
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Tagged Bulbs, Shed, Weeding
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A pane in the grass
The nice thing about sheds is that their windows are all the same size. The bad thing about sheds is the glass is expensive. So I’ve reclaimed the almost-four panes from the old shed to reuse at home. No idea … Continue reading
Glueing up a butt hole
Fitting a water butt and gutter to the allotment shed. Continue reading
I like big butts and neatly trimmed bushes…
Adding a bigger water butt to my garden shed so I can better water its roof garden. Continue reading
Taking the pea
I found one remaining pea pod, I think something else has had a chew at it though. It rattles, might keep it for next year.
Too many tomatoes
It’s not been a good year for tomatoes. The plants have done well, but the actual tomatoes haven’t ripened at all. They’re just green balls of stomach ache now.