About me



I'm a half Finnish designer who has since taken a break to bring up my children. I used to work in Graphic Design, but now I prefer working with textiles and illustration. This blog is about my allotment and garden. I have been gardening for many years and grew up watching my mum and dad do the same. I began my allotment in Jan 2010 in memory of my father who passed a way just before then. I also love cooking and finding inventive and delicious ways to make my produce into meals. I'm growing with my experiences, and welcome any helpful advice! Sometime soon I hope to use my garden as inspiration for my art.

Monday 29 March 2010

Morrisons find

Just been for a spot of shopping and found a fab deal on fruit trees in Morrisons, only £5! So picked up a Morello cherry for me, one for mum and a coxs pippin for mum too. They also had ornamental trees like weeping willow, rowan and silver birch for a mere £2! wow. I also found a great deal on log lawn edging, just £2.50 a roll, so had two of those.

Today I've potted up my tomatoes and chard and will hopefully have time to plant some wild flowers in pots later this evening if it's light enough (so excited about light evenings now) Pretty much all my seedlings have germinated now so it's turning into a busy time, except the asparagus pea and pepper, perhaps they need warmer temperatures? I think the pepper might need to be brought indoors.

Last night I found some strawberry roots that came with comfrey root on ebay (apparently you need block 14 variety to stop it self seeding everywhere) so am waiting for that to arrive. I'm going to inherit some of mum's wild strawberry plants and possibly an artichoke when it decides to rear it's head. I've also noticed a patch of rhubarb struggling back to life which I thought had bitten the dust, so I'll have to keep that happy and take it to the allotment when I can find a suitable place for it.

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