Tag: allotment

Preserving and Making Space: My Adventures in Marmalade

August 1, 2019

We were still mid move when I first drafted this post but as I publish we’ve been ‘here’ 6 weeks. Actually since we officially moved, and by that I mean sold out house and had to vacate it earlier than planned, I’ve actually been back in the UK finishing up some fieldwork, come back to our first visitors and since they left, finished one of the 3 work projects I still have outstanding. But anyway, … More Preserving and Making Space: My Adventures in Marmalade

Ruskin’s View, Turner, Radical Steps, Devils’ Bridge and Knitting

March 26, 2012

We shared in the gorgeous weather this weekend and after a hard day’s labour digging on the allotment on Saturday, Sunday we went to Kirkby Lonsdale to meet friends and a visiting Historian of Science for lunch.  As it was such a lovely day we went early to walk the dogs along the river. From the town, you can access the River through the churchyard, which has the most fabulous gates. The self closing mechanism … More Ruskin’s View, Turner, Radical Steps, Devils’ Bridge and Knitting

A Darwinian Hybrid

April 15, 2011

One of the nicest things about having an allotment is seeing things re-emerge in spring bringing colour back to the plot. For me this means seeing the ‘Cowslips’ flower and provide nourishment for the bees as they emerge from their winter sleep. Cowslips are a particular favourite of mine. They transport me back to my childhood growing up in Dorset where the chalky hills around our village would take on a yellowy hue an I would … More A Darwinian Hybrid

Peach Blossom and more spawn…

March 21, 2011

Things are really taking off at the allotment. I was excited when we had our first frog spawn in the pond, but just look how much there is now: This won’t all make it to frogs, our pond is too small. At first I was quite distressed to see tadpoles not maturing as the year went on, but then last year when I found the dragonfly on the whitecurrant I looked into the life-cycle of the dragonfly and felt better. … More Peach Blossom and more spawn…

Allotting…

March 7, 2011

This was our first fine sunny spring weekend so we took the opportunity to do some much overdue tasks at the allotment. Saturday was clearing out the shed, planting the broad beans and some general tidying up, including clearing out the pond a bit. Sunday was clearing out the compost heaps, my least favourite and perhaps most physcially taxing job; no surprise that I’m aching today. But these hard and somewhat thankless tasks need to … More Allotting…