Month: December 2019
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Pallet Wood Bug Hotels
It dawned on me that I forgot to post about the little bug hotels we made over summer, so here is a little flashback to August in these colder times. Thomas cut and measured up a few planks of pallet wood that we had at the allotment and made the bases, whilst I walked around…
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As we leave the darkness
Yule is a sacred time for European peoples. We have lived through the darkness and the sun is reborn once again during the winter solstice. We are connected to nature and in-turn we are renewed in this rebirth. We reflect on many things during Yule; I personally think of the ones who came before me.…
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What Have We Learnt?
What have we learnt in the last six months of having an allotment? The first one is an obvious one. It is hard work. Don’t be fooled by the pictures and the accounts that make it seem like it is a breeze, it really isn’t. Some days it is six hours of digging in the…