Lucy on May 12th, 2008

I am knackered. My sleep is going haywire and it’s been taking it’s toll on me.
And this post is a bit of a show and tell!
Yesterday though, I actually *finally* managed to get down to the allotment. Thankfully Mum had been down two or three times since my last visit, and it wasn’t in too [...]

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Lucy on May 1st, 2008

More pissy weather this week then. Hasn’t exactly been conducive to a lot of work. I haven’t been near the allotment for ages and I fear that Mr Mole has wreaked havoc with my onion sets and potatoes. Oh well, I never was really that bothered about planting in straight lines.
Urgh, the chicken saga continues. [...]

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Lucy on April 19th, 2008

I try not to kill anything. I don’t swot flies, I try to not provide ants with ideal nesting sites, and with 4 cats on site, mice don’t tend to make themselves known. I am with Chris Packham on this one - live and let live. Which means that things like aphids can become a [...]

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Lucy on March 28th, 2008

Thursday was too good an opportunity to miss. Weatherwise I mean. I had a mountain of work to get through before this weekend, yet despite my looming deadline, I found myself loading my tools into the car boot and trundling down to the allotment.
I don’t understand why I put it off. Well, I do actually, [...]

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