Lottie Life: allotment, food and family

Well, that's it. I've completed a final weeding and hoeing of the allotment before the inevitable explosion of weeds while we are aw...

Well, that's the garden ready for us to go away on holiday. The hosta and passion flower are planted out; the coriander is harvested and...

I have completed planting out the tomatoes which I will grow at the allotment this year. Last to go in were Tomato "Legend Bush" -...

I have harvested 3kg of leaks this week, mainly from the allotment but also some from the raised beds at home. In addition, we had a lovely ...

I've worked hard this morning. I have planted out the first lot of tomato plants. I got them started early, with the help of my secret g...

Ah, now that's better. I only managed half of it but the soil on the right is the bit I've been working on. Not a seed potato nor a ...

Each one of these critters is a potato which I missed when I was harvesting last year. I clearly did not do a very thorough job! They hav...