I love a good gardening book, so I was chuffed when I received a requested review copy of Kate Bradbury’s The Bumblebee Flies Anyway. Kate moves to Brighton after a break-up and finds herself in a small flat with an even smaller garden with soil that has not seen the light of day in what […]
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6 books for the urban gardener
After the snow flurry we had a couple of weeks ago, I was raving to go out into the garden this weekend to do some seed sowing and planting up my dahlias. And then we had more snow. Consequently I have spent the weekend moping around, looking longingly at the garden while the snow kept […]
Rhapsody in Green – Charlotte Mendelson
I had seen the title Rhapsody in Green crop up on social media a couple times, so on one of my many bookshop visits I decided to bring it home. Published in 2016 by Kyle Books, Charlotte Mendelson’s collection of garden essays has become one of my favourite garden writing books. Following the seasons The […]
Hidden Nature – Alys Fowler
I have admired Alys Fowler ever since I first watched her BBC programme called Edible Garden. I had just got into gardening and most of my experience so far was of a garden with just plants and shrubs. Perhaps the odd herb. People who liked growing veg had an allotment. However, watching her tend her […]
Nat’s Allotment – March Round Up 2017 [Gardening Favourites, Hauls, Discoveries]
March has been a quiet one in terms of finding new products. I suppose when life and work get hectic you go back to basics, which is the earth. I have spent long hours on the allotment simply digging, planting out and sowing seeds directly. More of that in another post! For now, however, here […]