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How Does Your Community Garden Grow?

February 19, 2015 by Catherine 22 Comments

community garden

This week we’ve been exploring the Arkwright Meadows Community Garden in Nottingham. Situated very close to the city centre, this previously unloved playing field has been completely transformed into a fabulous outdoor space that the local community now cherish.  My kids love to come here because there’s lots to explore and they like comparing the crops with our own at the allotment. Here it really is all about bringing local people together ...

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Filed Under: Exploring Nature Tagged With: Allotment, Children, Community, Crops, Family, Food, Garden, HDYGG, Homegrown, Minibeasts, Raised bed, Vegetables, Wildlife

The planting begins…

February 12, 2015 by Catherine 25 Comments

My seed order arrived this week.  Do you think I’ve overdone it a little?! In my defence I fully intend to plant everything I’ve ordered, but I can already tell we’re going to struggle to find room for everything.  It’s the same every year, I always end up juggling what goes where - you’d think I’d learn but apparently not!  I’d rather this than not have enough plants though, I can’t handle the idea of big patches of ground that aren’t growing ...

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Filed Under: Grow Your Own Tagged With: Allotment, Children, Compost, Crops, Flowers, Food, Garden, Greenhouse, HDYGG, Homegrown, Planting, Seeds, Vegetables, Winter

Help! We’ve Got An Allotment

January 20, 2015 by Catherine 7 Comments

allotment summer

Getting that phone call or email telling you that you’ve reached the top of the allotment waiting list can be a bit of a surprise.  If you’re anything like me, you’ll have put your name down ages ago, been warned it could be a few years before you hear anything, then promptly got on with raising a young family and almost forgot all about it.  Then comes the call or email and before you know it, you’re being shown your new plot and quizzed on what ...

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Filed Under: Grow Your Own Tagged With: Activity, Allotment, Crops, Family, Food, Greenhouse, Harvest, Homegrown, Planning, Planting, Plants, Raised bed, Shed, Soil, Top Tips, Vegetables, Weeds

5. How Does Your Garden Grow?

January 8, 2015 by Catherine 20 Comments

sweet peas

This week’s post comes from our allotment.  Having not made it down there since November I’ve been badly missing my visits; obviously because of the lack of gardening time, but also because they provide perfect calm time where I can gather my thoughts and slow things down a little.  So when my first child-free day of the new year came around this week I was there like a shot! It was cold and as you’d expect in early January not much is ...

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Filed Under: Grow Your Own Tagged With: Allotment, Children, Crops, Flowers, Food, Garden, Greenhouse, HDYGG, Homegrown, Planning, Planting, Plants, Seeds, Vegetables, Winter

2. How Does Your Garden Grow?

December 11, 2014 by Catherine 21 Comments

wintry garden

Last weekend we had a big family gathering at my sister-in-law’s house; she has a wonderful garden so our rather bare patch at home is off the hook this week! These photos were taken quite early in the morning; there had been a heavy frost but the Winter sun was working it’s magic before my eyes as I wandered around with the camera.  Here’s a few of the things that grabbed my attention and made me linger long enough to lose the feeling in my ...

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Filed Under: Garden Tips Tagged With: Children, Compost, Containers, Flowers, Frost, Garden, HDYGG, Homemade, Minibeasts, Vegetables, Winter

1. How Does Your Garden Grow?

December 5, 2014 by Catherine 9 Comments

sweet pea planting

Not the most exciting week on the calendar garden-wise to be honest!  The light has been pretty poor here and I’ve had to make do with a bit of a murky outing with the camera; it was still lovely to have a reason to step outside though. The homemade fat cake bird feeders we hung up just over a week ago have been a huge hit, out of four only two are left.  We’re seeing far more feathered visitors to the garden and now have a regular robin who ...

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Filed Under: Garden Tips Tagged With: Allotment, Birds, bulbs, Christmas, Containers, Garden, Gifts, Greenhouse, HDYGG, Seeds, Vegetables, Wildlife, Winter

A family allotment adventure

November 25, 2014 by Catherine 2 Comments

When we first set foot on our allotment we were ready for a new family adventure.  We were full of enthusiasm and grand plans for our little plot, but we were also a busy family with limited time and knowledge.  We knew we wouldn’t get everything right first time but we were determined to have fun trying! Here’s a visual record of our first few months.  I think it shows how a plot can be developed, but it’s also a great introduction to what my ...

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Filed Under: Grow Your Own Tagged With: Allotment, Children, Compost, Crops, Family, Flowers, Greenhouse, Harvest, Planning, Raised bed, Seeds, Shed, Vegetables

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