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Early Spring Colour

Posted on February 23, 2017 by Homesown@thedevelopingplot

This February I had enough early Spring bulbs and flowers to take to two local markets which was cheering, not just because of the splashes of colour and hope of more, but also because I got to meet and chat … Continue reading →

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February At Last

Posted on February 6, 2017 by Homesown@thedevelopingplot

  It feels that February has been a long time coming and there have been impatient weeks waiting to plant seeds. Probably still too early, but late last week before the rain smudged it out, there seemed to be more … Continue reading →

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January’s Itchy Flower Growing Fingers

Posted on January 22, 2017 by Homesown@thedevelopingplot

So the skies are blue, but the ground is frozen. The light is increasing day by day, but there is still probably not enough to be planting seeds other than sweetpeas (as everything I read warns me). A quiet month … Continue reading →

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Allotment Diary -New Year’s Resolutions

Posted on January 11, 2017 by Homesown@thedevelopingplot

As well as tracking the progress of the flower patch (and I am determined there will be some), this year I want to record what progress I am making at the allotment – my other plot. This is just a … Continue reading →

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Hopeful Bulbs

Posted on January 8, 2017 by Homesown@thedevelopingplot

Perhaps the most unpredictable growing I do is the nurturing of bulbs for Christmas and early Spring sales. Last year we had one successful and cheery  market at Wolvercote just before Christmas where we sold Paperwhites in vases as well … Continue reading →

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Catching Up

Posted on April 11, 2016 by Homesown@thedevelopingplot

After filling up the greenhouse, all the windowsills in the house as well as the cold frames in front of it with small plants and emerging seedlings, I went on holiday leaving it all (and the dog) in the care … Continue reading →

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Blue and Grey Days

Posted on March 27, 2016 by Homesown@thedevelopingplot

It has been an odd Spring as beautiful piercing blue skies one day are replaced by gloomy, drizzly grey the next. Have found it hard to get into a gardening rhythm and the sowing of seeds and preparations for this … Continue reading →

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Early Sowings

Posted on March 2, 2016 by Homesown@thedevelopingplot

The sowing of seeds has started and some have startled me by germinating almost immediately – Cosmos Dazzler and Purity were already showing after two days and now the challenge is to find enough light to stop them getting too … Continue reading →

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Plotting the Progress of No Dig

Posted on February 10, 2016 by Homesown@thedevelopingplot

Yesterday, when the sun came out unexpectedly (at least for me and the BBC forecast), I made a short visit to see the plot. Last time it had been frozen solid and it was difficult to tell what it was … Continue reading →

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Bags of Beans

Posted on February 9, 2016 by Homesown@thedevelopingplot

Another wet and wildly windy week has just gone, so going out to mulch beds at the plot was not at all appealing. Tempting to carry on planting sweetpeas as they are germinating so obligingly, but even I can see … Continue reading →

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