How to Grow Dahlias – A Simple Guide
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The Frustrated Gardener is very much a team effort. Whilst it’s usually me pounding the keyboard, from time to time my partner John, otherwise […]
The Beau
National Allotments Week 2021
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I am surprised and embarrassed to note that the last time I wrote on TFG’s blog was back in January. Where have the last […]
A Year of Plotting
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January 2020 After waiting only four months, we got the news that we had reached the top of the allotment waiting list: if we […]
Glut Instinct
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“Growing your own produce is great if you want no food, then 400 tomatoes, then nothing, then 120 cucumbers, then nothing, then 3 carrots that […]
And So It Begins…
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It is official, we won’t go hungry this summer! Harvesting on the allotment has well and truly begun, especially the crop of courgettes, and […]
The Plot Thickens…
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I have been meaning to write an update on the allotment for a little while now. While reading the previous chapter, I am wondering […]
Allot of Social Distancing
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If there can be any positive from the current worldwide situation it is the time that we now have at our disposal. We can […]
Plant Profile: Tulipa fosteriana ‘Zombie’
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Do you remember, several months ago, when we were all potting up our spring bulbs …. each and every one of us full of […]
We’ve Bean Busy
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Since last I wrote we’ve had to endure a succession of winter storms which have hampered efforts to get on the plot and get […]
Horse Power
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We took on our new allotment exactly one month ago. As time marches on, we are happy in the knowledge that with each and […]
Dig For Victory!
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Has it really only been one week since Dan and I took on our allotment? Time has flown by. It feels like we have […]
Hello from The Beau
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Dan, in a moment of madness, has decided that he would like me to contribute now and again to his Frustrated Gardener blog. As […]