The Village Grapevine

21/07/2024

The wild corner of my allotment!!
It’s alive with 🐝 🐞 🦋 (including cabbage whites😤)

An important part of ANY natural area be it Allotment, Garden, road side or building site!

If you have natural wildflowers of any kind the insect 🐝 🦋 🐞 🪲🦟🪰🕷️will find them!

And best of all they will repay you with limitless bountiful crops and flowers, a thriving ecosystem and the generosity also normally comeback every year a no extre cost!!

20/07/2024

Not a bad return from three 🥔 🥔 🥔 !!!!!
Eryngium in different variations with the outcome fantastic blooms and very happy 🐝 🦋 🐞

20/07/2024

Loaded up with pollen, and pollinating my Runner 🫘!!!!
Been a funny growing season this year, but it’s getting there ……slowly!!!!

20/07/2024

Mescher Lettuce 🥬 from looking fine.
Only started there journey 8 weeks ago and I will enjoy picking leaves as needed!

29/06/2024

Movement on the Brussel Sprout front !!!!!!

29/06/2024

After a long wait we have some 🍅 on the way!

29/06/2024

The Korean Mint (Agastache rugosa) from my members seed scheme are flourishing

One of the 50 most important ingredients of any herbalist collection! A warming herb and perfect for making a cup of mint 🫖 with.

Flowers & Leaves are edible, and …………. It’s a clump forming no spreading mint!!!!!! Although they will be going in a big pot on the plot, as the glorious purple flower spikes are a 🧲 for the 🐝 🐞 🦋 (other insects are available)

27/06/2024

Considering the weather!!!!
Cabbage & Cauliflowers are holding up pretty well……… and no sign of 🐛 …..yet!

27/06/2024

Scapes are out on my 🧄 so with the leaves browning, time for some regular 🚿 to get those 🧄 swelling!!!
Porcelain Wight Hardneck from

27/06/2024

Sprouting 🥦 keeps on……..sprouting!

27/06/2024

I spy 🥒!!!

15/06/2024

🥦 is sprouting already!!!

25/05/2024

24/05/2024

18/05/2024

Cox’s Christmas Pippin in the mini orchard is laden down with 🍎 🍏

14/05/2024

🫛 are setting flower

14/05/2024

A gorgeous white Wisteria appearing through my hedge from nextdoor.

12/05/2024

Had some trouble this year with 🥒 and 🐌

So here goes a new line in defence copper tape 🤞🏻🤞🏻

12/05/2024

Canadian 🇫🇷 🫘 from are starting their journey

12/05/2024

All go on the plot!!!

12/05/2024

Brussel Sprout ‘Red Ball’ enjoying the☀️

12/05/2024

Looking like could be a bumper year in the mini Orchard !

12/05/2024

I spy some 🍐 in my mini orchard !!!!

12/05/2024

Nepeta starting to glow!!

20/04/2024

First Brassica bed all planted!!

Two rows of Greyhound 🥬 to front
Two rows of All year round Cauliflower

Then 3 Red Ball Brussel Sprouts
And 3 more Brilliant Brussel Sprouts

No room for the 🥦 so there of to another bed tomorrow!

20/04/2024

Nothing goes to waste in a Kitchen Garden!!!!
Some old stock wire makes a perfect 🫛 support

06/04/2024

Time to pot on my 🍅 🥒 and 🫑

I start out with my trusty old pots I’ve used for years (about 35/40ltr pots)
Add some stones to the bottom
I 70% fill them with well rotted 🐴 manure
I added some organic 🐓 pellets and gave it a good mix in!
Next I added my 1st magic ingredient……. Rock Dust!!!!!
and gave it another good mix in!
And finally topped the pots up with some New Horizons peat free compost

Then the fun part!
I’m trying out some grafted fruits this season along side my homegrown. They are fine looking specimens from .co.uk via

1 x Buffalosun F1 🍅
1 x Solario 🫑
1 x Mini Stars 🥒

Alongside my
1 x Femspot 🥒
1 x New Ace 🫑
1 x Sweet Million 🍅

All tucked up safely (I hope ❌ 🐌 ) in the mini green house

The only thing left to do is is water them with my 2nd magic ingredient for some 🧲 isd 💦!!!!

All products mentioned in this post I have brought so NO malarkey here just things I have/do use and work!!!

04/04/2024

Received this book by all about your continuing journey with your house plants or should I say plant children!!!!

I haven’t had a chance to read it thoroughly yet but beautifully put together, fantastic pictures and a in-depth look into those most troublesome of plants!

Tips on different types of watering 🚿
Best conditions to grow them windowsill or bathroom etc
And a thorough breakdown of individual 🪴

Looking forward to getting a good read soon

Thanks to & for opening my 👀

30/03/2024

All potted up and ready to grow!!!

Femspot & Hana 🥒

🫑 Ace

🍅 Million

I think ready to go in there final pots in a few weeks