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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

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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 items that are currently for sale in my Etsy shop. You can click on the link on that page, or the orange Etsy badge where you see it.

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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The first couple of pages of my illustrated garden & nature journal. I’ve started with the allotment and my winter harvests of leeks, kale and parsnips. The only other crop I have growing at the moment are Brussels sprouts, but they’re taking their bitter sweet time 😁 I’m now desperate for some activity in the garden. My bulbs, including snowdrops, are just green leaves so far, and there are some promising buds on the hellebores, but you can’t hurry nature. #allotmentlife #gardenjournal #journalling #illustratedjournal #artjournal #journal

Cavolo Nero kale (black cabbage in Italian) is the Savoy cabbage of the kale world. It’s thriving in the shady spot behind the shed on my allotment. I’ve grown this for the first time, and I wasn’t sure whether I’d like it, but I love it. Thrown into stir fries, wilted down with buttery leeks, blitzed into a creamy soup or added in fine strips to noodle broths, it’s proving very versatile. And just look at that colour - how can that not be super good for you! #cavolonero #healthyfood #kale #eatyourgreens #allotmentlife #plottoplate

Beetroot, blitzed together with walnuts and cumin makes for the most delicious hummus. Add some breadcrumbs or stale bread, a glug of olive oil, a crushed garlic clove or 2 and a squeeze of lemon, a heaped teaspoon of tahini, then just season to taste with salt & pepper. After chocolate brownies, this is my favourite way to work through a beetroot glut 😂😋 #beetroothummus #beetroot #allotmentlife #plottoplate #rivercottagerecipe #vegan #hummusrecipe #plantbased #veggierecipes

Pretty pleased with my first little haul of parsnips. Spicy parsnip soup may well be on the lunchtime menu next week. #parsnips #allotmentlife #allotmentuk #allotment

Who’s growing peppers this year? This new Grower’s Guide to Peppers print has just been listed in my Etsy shop (link in profile). There are now 5 designs in my Growers Guides series. You can order a set at A4 or A3. ————————————— I’ll be growing 2 or 3 chilli varieties and some mini bell peppers. All outdoors on the allotment. Last years chillies were late due to the very cold start to the year, but the heatwave helped and we had plenty of red fruit by the end of the season. I’m planning on sorting through my seeds tomorrow, getting my orders in and then peppers will be the first crop sown in the propagator. #propagating #peppers #etsyprints #growersguide #gardening #growyourownfood

A slightly late but extremely heartfelt happy new year to you all. I should have said that in my last post, but it was done in a bit of a hurry. I’m a bit more chilled today, the house has been cleaned, the fridge restocked and I’m ready for everything this year has to throw at me. So this is the start of a brand new journal. It’s a large (10” square) hardbound sketchbook that will gradually be filled with all things gardening and nature. I don’t really know what will evolve in these pages, but I do know that I’m going to take my time over it, and not feel pressured to fill it out per week or per month, but whenever I have the time that it deserves, and that I deserve to enjoy the process. It’s a creative outlet but also a connection to nature and a way to really look closely at it, and maybe learn a thing or two. I can’t wait to share it with you, I hope you’ll follow along. I managed to find a little sprig of feverfew in the garden this morning to kick things off with this quote. It had petals missing and blotches on the leaves, but was still flowering its little heart out. I will try and photo the things I draw before they wilt in future! Lesson number 1 learnt. Here’s to a creative, mindful and compassionate 2019.

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