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The Neglectful Gardener

A new back garden, blogged

Sally Nex

It didn’t start out that way at all. One day, more years ago now than I care to remember, I began growing a few peas and beans in the back garden, just to see if I could and as an antidote to a high-stress London life. I still remember my first harvest and the realisation that I could feed myself and my family with food far better than anything I could buy in the shops, and all through a hobby I’d already enjoyed for years. I couldn’t get enough of it.
Some years down the line, and my veg-growing is totally out of hand. From my tiny London back garden I graduated to an allotment; the allotment spilled over with vegetables, fruit and herbs and I jacked in the day job. Now I’m slowly carving a garden full of delicious, fragrant and fascinating plants out of an acre of former chalk quarry on the side of the Blackdown Hills, not far from Taunton.
Louise Nicholls

No Dig Home

I am an organic kitchen gardener, chef, writer, teacher and mother based in Bruton, Somerset where I grow delicious vegetables, fruit, flowers and herbs in my garden and allotment using no dig methods. I love reading (my degree is in Literature and Art History), crafting, visiting interesting places, exploring the countryside, trying out new recipes and food, making potions and learning new skills.
Using vegetables, herbs and flowers that we grow, I make delicious plant based, affordable, seasonal healthy food (we worked out that a lunch of 16 different dishes plus homemade bread cost around 60p a head for 20 people!)
Noel’s Garden Blog

This blog is a place for observations, thoughts and opinions that occur to me as a gardener, horticultural journalist, researcher and commentator on the garden and landscape scene. And sometimes on the food and agriculture scene too…. when, you should be warned, I sometimes express unfashionable thoughts.
Notes From Carbury

In this blog I hope to share the pleasure of country and small town living in the Irish midlands. In particular I focus on the twin joys of gardening and crafts, one mainly for the winter months and the other for spring, summer and autumn.