Tag Archives: Derry Watkins

Six on Saturday

Posted on February 3, 2018 by Homesown@thedevelopingplot

So now it is February and there have been some piercingly bright days slicing the grey and the gloom. The light is lasting for longer and although the nights have gone back to cold and some mornings to frosty, seed … Continue reading →

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An Early Autumn Forgotten Post: Propagating: 2 & 3

Posted on November 25, 2017 by Homesown@thedevelopingplot

For days the leaves have been softly and silently falling and everywhere there is the growing sense of gentle, gradual decay. At the allotment some of the apples are still glowing on the trees, only outshone by the yellow of … Continue reading →

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Spring restlessness

Posted on March 21, 2015 by Homesown@thedevelopingplot

It is all very well for those who live in Cornwall to give you the sound advice about waiting until April to sow hardy annuals if you live further north (I am talking to you Mr Higgledy). For me living … Continue reading →

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