Author: The Rose Of Mercia

  • Five Things You Should Do In February

    Five Things You Should Do In February

    The days are growing longer and birdsong is all around. The air is cold and crisp, rainfall is frequent and the spring bulbs are finally showing face. Although it is still winter, February is the start of a busy growing season on the plot. Chit your potatoes You can get your first early crop in…

  • 2020; a year to remember and forget

    2020; a year to remember and forget

    2020 was a strange year for most people, but one thing that kept me sane is this little plot of land. It served as an escape for us when there really was no where else to go. January was a very wet and slow month. The excess rainfall hindered our efforts to turn over the…

  • Five Things You Should Do In Winter

    Five Things You Should Do In Winter

    The branches now sit bare, the days are shorter and the nights are cold. The plot is empty but the pantry is full. The pace of things on the plot has certainly slowed down, but there are a few things you can be getting on with over winter. Tidy up your plotSome parts of your…

  • Jack O’ Lantern Soup

    Jack O’ Lantern Soup

    Every year, millions of pumpkins are thrown away after being carved for Halloween. Pumpkins are delicious and often over looked, so here’s a simple recipe for your Jack O Lantern. Ingredients: This will make six good sized portions, if you wanted to use all of the pumpkin then just double the ingredients. This will take…

  • Autumnal Uchiki Kuri & Patty Pan Soup

    This year, we have grown some more unusual types of squash. Naturally, as it is autumn, we decided to make a tasty soup with a couple of them. Ingredients: One large Uchiki Kuri, around 450g when peeled One large Patty Pan, around 550g when peeled 80g Courgette, peeled [optional] Three white onions One red onion…

  • Five Things You Should Do In October

    The landscape is now awash with hues of yellow, orange and red. The golden hour comes earlier each day and Jack Frost is at our door waiting to come inside. Harvest your apples and pears for storage Apples and pears can last for months if they are stored correctly. When choosing the fruit to store,…

  • Five Things You Should Do In September

    The air is a little crisper, the leaves are falling and the days are shorter. Autumn has arrived. The allotment is still producing a high yield of produce, even if it is slowing down in parts. Plant your onion and garlic sets If you want to get your onion sets planted before Christmas, now is…

  • A Year (Or So) On The Plot

    Hard to believe that we have had the allotment for over a year! It really has flown by and I’m so proud of what we have managed to achieve in that time; but what have we learnt over the last year… and a bit? Enjoy the little things The first tea of the morning, the…

  • Five Things You Should Do In August

    August is a bountiful month on the allotment, the weather is (or should be, but you never know with England) beautiful and your plot is churning out produce quicker than you know what to do with it. Here are five things for you to crack on with in August. Harvest This may seem like an…