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December 19, 2018December 19, 2018Zoe

Welcome to my perfect garden

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Autumn once again

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More than just a patch of earth

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Plans for 2018

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The year of the onion

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Gardening in a Changing Climate

January 8, 2017January 8, 2017Zoe

January Dreaming

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I’m a designer and illustrator who is passionate about gardening and in particular growing fruit and vegetables on my allotment.

The gallery of pictures on the home page show some of the items that are for sale in my Etsy shop. You can click on the link on that page, or the orange Etsy badge below, to visit the shop.

On the blog page, you can read about my allotment. There are posts about what and how I grow, how I combat pests and diseases, and how I store and preserve my harvests, along with as many photos as possible.

I also keep a little journal where I practice my drawing skills by documenting my allotment journey in ink and watercolours.

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I’ve mainly been looking after the local wildlife this week. On Friday I rescued a young hedgehog who was wondering around in circles under some parked cars near to home. He/she looked very disoriented and I was concerned a car might come past and cause a fatality at any moment, so I put on some heavy duty gardening gloves, scooped him up, placed him in a box and took him to the local vets who gladly took him in. I did wonder about rehousing him at the allotment. My plot neighbour has released a hedgehog down there with a little wooden house. But it’s tricky to know what’s best, and I thought he needed checking out. I left my details with them, so I might get him back yet. Anyway, today I built a little frog house on my allotment. It’s really just a plastic tub with a couple of half bricks in there (so they can get out) filled with water, and an old terracotta pot upturned on top with a frog sized doorway (sanded smooth) to keep it cool and protected. It’s behind the shed next to the rhubarb where they like to hang out. I might one day put a proper pond in, but this and a similar one near the herb bed will have to suffice for now. I seem to have a lot of resident frogs, so they clearly like my plot, and I’m happy for them to feast away on slugs, caterpillars and weevils. I’ll let you know if they’re a hit. #lookafternature #wildlifegarden #gardenforwildlife #organicgardening #froghouse #allotmentlife
Euphorbia. Wish I could tell you which variety, but it’s long forgotten. It looks beautiful at this time of year though, and a favourite hideout for the ladybirds for some reason. 🐞🐞🐞 #euphorbia #gardenplants #springgarden #signsofspring
Signs of spring. I’m finally able to take some photos again now that the wind has gone! #signsofspring #springnature #natureinspring #springblossom
It’s all about seed growing at the moment, sowing them, waiting for them to germinate, checking on them every morning, watching them grow, tending to their every need, transplanting them to bigger pots and making space for the next batch. It’s a little seedling conveyer belt that will run until May. #happydays #seedlings #gardenjournal #naturejournal #gardening #growsomething #illustratedjournal
A bit of chill time in the potting shed, making good use of my @whogivesacraptp cardboard tubes to sow my @chilternseeds mange-tout peas. Also sown some lettuce, kohl rabi, and lots of hardy annual flowers. Transplanted the brassicas (sprouts and broccoli). Little tip: if your seedlings have grown a bit leggy (i.e. quite tall and floppy) just sink them deeper when you transplant them and they should recover fine (see the 2nd image).
My fridge pretty much sums up life at the moment. Got a list of seeds to sow in the potting shed tomorrow, hoping to get down to the allotment at some point, though rain is forecast so it might be dodging showers to get a few leeks harvested, waiting for the rhubarb so I can make this cake, mine is a late variety so I’ll probably have to wait a while longer yet, and my OH is currently attempting to grow mushrooms. I’ll keep you updated on that if you’re interested. What are you sowing, growing, baking or digging at the weekend? BTW big shout out to all the dirty nailed, muddy booted, straggly haired, strong and fearless women who garden and grow their own on International Women’s Day. You all rock! 💪🙌

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leeks
broad beans
autumn flower bed
sprouts
allotment top end June
First sweetcorn
red raspberries
plum harvest
alliums
parsnip harvest
garlic harvest
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broad bean seed
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Bess n beans
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tulips harvest
garlic harvest
rhubarb harvest
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strawberry punnet
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sweet williams June
sweetpea flowers
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mange-tout
brussels plants
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