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20 Sep 2007Yorkshire Belles Lotty gardenYay! My parents are here and what better way of recovering from a 51/2 hour car journey than spending an afternoon, grafting on your daughters allotment? Check out the size of those monster cabbages!
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17 Sep 2007Firestarter Lotty garden
I’m not a particularly skilled arsonist, a heap of dried weed roots, decades old piles of the Evening Standard and the key ingredient – lighter fuel and a zippo. Still no flippin flames. I would be useless with the survivalists flint and tinder method. I did eventually get a hint of a...
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15 Sep 2007In A Bind Lotty garden
Ouch! My hamstrings have knotted up and my lower back is screaming out – all after a paltry 2 hours tugging with the relentless bindweed yesterday. I didn’t even start any digging, that joy was reserved for today. No wonder they say gardening is good exercise, I’m going to have ...
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14 Sep 2007Unwrapping The Alotment Lotty garden
How exciting. I’ve been in London for about 5 years now and have finally reached the top of an allotment waiting list.
I turned up at the site with a fresh pair of gardening gloves eagerly awaiting the unveiling of my specific plot. How high were the weeds going to be? Or was it possible th...
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