One of the things I like about this time of year is the appearance of wild garlic or Ramsons. When the flowers come out you will know about it because of the overwhelming smell of garlic when you wonder through the woods.

 If you don’t like garlic I would ignore this next bit. The leaves of this plant taste fantastic (good mixed with salad leaves or chopped into a risotto) and you can eat the flowers as well (they are also ...

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It’s raining, it’s pouring and I don’t have to water, which is nice.

I ...

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I have noticed that I have been a bit moany recently so I have decided to be...

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One of the things I like the most about having an allotment and having a job that offers shift based work is that sometimes I don't work on a Mondays (not the most depressing day of the week I'm told, that Wednesday). Whilst everyone else is trudging slowly and sulkily to work I get to work by the river and feed the ducks.
 Yesterday morning was no exception. Unfortunately the weather wasn't so good. Grey skies abounded. The threat of rain hung in the air like the look on the face of a parent...
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