Bed time reading

I have been re-reading a book called Digger's Diary, which is the account of a man's allotment over the period of a year. It is a pleasure to read as it portrays the richness of life on allotment sites, but also it has loads of tips for gardening, which is why I am re-reading it so that I can write down all the tips into my notebook and then will hopefully be able to find them again a little easier than trawling through a reading book. What's great is that the author is not a 'perfect' plot holder but very normal - makes me feel that there is hope for me yet!

Something to inspire plotting

It was my son's birthday this week and whilst ordering his present from amazon, I decided to slip a little something for myself into the order......

It is my hope that by reading the book it will further inspire me to do marvellous things with my plot this year - I enjoy reading books about allotments particularly those that have lots of lovely pictures in them. I find them a great source of information and find that reading them gets my plotting juices going.

Reading Material

Was browsing for books to spend the vouchers I received for Christmas on and found these....


Unfortunately I am a sucker for a book with lots of pictures and not alot of writing and these fitted the bill nicely. This is also my benckmark for a great blog! lots of lovely pictures of people's allotments and not too much talking!

The first book has lots of practical projects for building on the allotment such as raised beds, bean frames etc and the second is a guide on what you should be doing on a month by month basis - I really like this book.

Anyway...happy reading!