The Frustrated Gardener Celebrates 10 Happy Years
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When I composed my first short post on June 6th 2012, little did I think that I would still be blogging ten years later. Here’s what’s changed in the last decade.
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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 […]
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 […]
BITTERSWEET MEMORIES OF 2020
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The year 2020. Where to begin? It’s tempting to dive straight into the obvious negatives – and let’s face it that would be rich […]
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 […]
Garden Diary: May 2020 Part I
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Where, oh where did May go? No sooner had it started than June was upon us. Now it’s midsummer, the longest day is almost […]
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 […]
Garden Diary: March 2020
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Who could have predicted that the Month of March would end as it did? Over the course of two weeks our daily routines changed […]
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 […]
Silence Fills The Void
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It’s awfully peaceful outside. You must have noticed? Since Monday there’ve been no bellowing workmen, no reversing delivery lorries, no aeroplanes, no taxis using […]
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 […]