Author Archives: Homesown@thedevelopingplot

This week the Homesown stall will be back at SOFACOMA Market in South Oxford with lots of healthy plants and beautiful, local, seasonal flowers. Everything we grow is raised in peat free compost with an organic approach. No deliveries this … Continue reading →

My greenhouse is full of small, healthy tomato plants, courgettes filling their pots and a crowd of half hardy annuals for Summer colour. They are part of the April and early May shuffle which involves taking them outside and then … Continue reading →

At last it looks as if the weather is set fair for awhile and next week there will be warm temperatures and a rest from the battering rain and winds. This week the stall will be at Sofacoma Market off … Continue reading →

Sunshine and showers and a stop start Spring have made it unusually tricky to predict what the plants and flowers will be doing. To give everything a chance to catch up on growing, I am taking a break from markets … Continue reading →

The weather continues to be frustrating and this year Spring almost seems to be on pause, but there will be some plants with hopeful bunches, bouquets and pots of bright, seasonal flowers for next weekend. These can either be delivered … Continue reading →

Although the bulbs are confident it is Spring as they push up into the light, the weather is determinedly wintery with snow this week. The plants are growing slowly in their pots and there will be just a few ready … Continue reading →

Today the world outside my window is looking completely beautiful with a white frost icing the trees and the sun’s light adding extra loveliness. Everything is frozen as hard as metal, but thankfully most things in the garden will spring … Continue reading →

Over the next few days, I will be making the last of the sustainable fresh wreaths. Each is handmade and individual and all are decorated with local homegrown flowers and garden foliage as well as lightly foraged ingredients. Made on … Continue reading →

There is still time to order a lovely, local handmade wreath decorated with homegrown flowers, foliage and lightly foraged ingredients. Fresh wreaths are made on a moss base and will last for weeks if kept damp while dried everlasting wreaths … Continue reading →

Over the next few weeks (until they run out), you can order a local handmade wreath decorated with homegrown flowers, foliage and lightly foraged ingredients. Fresh wreaths are made on a moss base and will last for weeks if kept … Continue reading →

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