Lottie Life: allotment, food and family

Today's visit by Years 5 & 6 has been fun, and busy. Some went to Hayley Sansom's plots, and the rest stayed with me. They did a...

I've spent a lovely two hours this morning weeding, sowing seeds, and making plans for a visit from Claypole school Years 5 and 6 on T...

Cucina Povera reaches new heights with the discovery of a use, at last, for broad bean pods. I picked the first of this year's crop la...

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 ...