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My ‘go-to’ book for vegetable growing has to be ‘Vegetables‘ by Roger Phillips and Martyn Rix. It claims to be ‘The Definitive Guide for Gardeners’ and if you want to […]

A lovely sunny day at Bridgend Caley with a few blustery gusts, the heavy rain the previous day had clearly given the grass and pesky weeds a great boost!!! It’s […]

A nippy and blustery day at the allotment with the occasional flurry of showers to keep us on our toes, a bit different from the tropical temperatures yesterday! There were […]

Slight autumnal mistiness – but mild and settled, with today’s activities reflecting subtle seasonal changes. We completed our FEDAGA order for tatties, onions and leeks, sharpened a few tools [...]

When I first heard about this latest book by the award-winning garden designer Anne-Marie Powell, the subtitle immediately caught my attention. For over 25 years I have raided the treasure […]

Dont forget to pop along to the Caley demonstration allotment on Sunday for their open day!

When I looked into the Caley greenhouse on a Monday a couple of weeks ago I found out the Friday volunteers had been busy repotting the Auriculas!  I really like […]

We’ve had two sunny Thursdays. It’s been great being amongst the bounty, though hard going at times, working in high temperatures and humidity. No complaining though! Harvesting, watering and [...]

Two weeks of sunshine have seen temperatures rising and crops ripening. The fruit harvest has really kicked in. Last Thursday  (2nd) the team picked punnets of strawberries, black and white […]

It may seem like only yesterday that the allotment crew welcomed George Anderson on to the Caley allotment to demonstrate winter fruit pruning but if you have fruit trees and […]