Lions of the lawn
Discover some of the predators stalking through your garden’s grassland.
This time last year the allotment was shivering under a blanket of snow, with sowing and planting delayed until April.
It’s now March 2019 and the plot seems raring to go, with seedlings…
Our village magazine came out in January with a front cover questioning whether we would be getting any snow this winter.
Just a few days later the heavens opened and our world turned white…
The race is on to clear the allotment of perennial weeds before winter sets in. Every hour spent on the soil now is worth two in the spring, and when the sun is shining, the allotment is a lovely…
The hot and dry weather brings many challenges but there are some upsides as Sue Bradley discovers during daily trips to her wildlife-friendly allotment.