Allotments – We Float

Experiments in agriculture

I’m so excited to be trying some new and unusual (to me) seeds in my allotment this year. I want to find good, tasty, aesthetically pleasing varieties that grow well, that aren’t too disease and pest-prone (I have still to find out the worst of these on my plot) and that are resilient to the… Continue reading Experiments in agriculture

Let’s make a garden

I’m now the proud owner of an allotment. Technically a tenant. Whatever, it’s mine. It’s a lot of clearing and weeding and preparing at the moment but I am enjoying the process. I’m enjoying planning, collecting together ideas, buying loads of seeds…generally deciding what my garden is about. And it’s about this: food, connection, labour.… Continue reading Let’s make a garden