Category Archives: the allotment

My allotment in May 2021

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While the weather still remains cold and wet we are now past the last frost-date and indeed have better weather! It’s mostly to a southern instead of northern wind that the weather is changing nicely now, to 5-8 degrees (Celsius) at night and 12-18 during the day. It feels like we are at least 7 weeks behind though, but the… Read more »

My allotment in april 2021

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There is not much happening in the garden yet. After last times visit weeding and composting all the beds and sowing broadbeans and peas, I haven’t really been back yet. Our weather is cold, we hardly have any nights above zero yet. So nature is slow, and so is my garden. It does bring me hope for this gardening season…. Read more »

Back to the garden!

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It’s almost spring and that for me means busy busy times at the allotment garden. Even though I still don’t know what to do with my garden this year as I am planning to move to another city, I did do my prep work of tidying the weeds, putting down compost and digging out and planting most of my strawberries…. Read more »

Hopes for 2021 (including TBR list)

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I must admit, it’s hard to think about my hopes for 2021 this year. So I kept most of them small. First of all, and this is something major, my partner and I REALLY want to start living together this year. This means I would have to move out of my current place, which has been my home for almost… Read more »

My Top Ten Thursday: Hobbies

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I keep missing my Tuesday deadlines these last few weeks. Things are suddenly busy around me and after a quiet few months it’s hard to have to adapt again. Meanwhile, we are now in our second lockdown. You would think I would have the time right? So this is a thing going about in the bookish community, and since I… Read more »

Staying motivated

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It’s been hard staying motivated lately. This year seems never ending, and after my back injury it was (and still is a bit) really hard to get back into a schedule, instead of letting the days pass by feeling detached from all of them. One thing I should really get back to is the garden. The dry spells and heat… Read more »