Lottie Life: allotment, food and family

I'm sorry there is no photo to liven things up this time, but I can't take a photo of my wheelbarrow because it has been nicked! ...

In the rush to get produce picked, prepped, and eaten during the summer a number of dishes found their way into the freezer unlabelled. S...

Today the girls and I planted daffodils together in the garden. Our lovely first dog Dylan died last spring when the daffs were in full ...

My time at the allotment is squeezed into whatever is left after the demands of everything else have been met: children, work, walking th...

I've been reading reports that a serious drop in temperature is likely within the next two weeks or so, so I have started to  think ab...

At long last I managed to spend some time at the allotment yesterday to plant my onions and garlic. But alas, all was not well as a signifi...

I had almost given up hope that the saffron crocuses which I planted on the allotment would come to anything, but look what I found...