Rumination and ramblings about veg and other matters, from my allotment in Northamptonshire,The County of Squires and Spires. Saturday, August 28, 2010. Who Ordered The Soup? This is my first foray into edible pumpkins, as opposed to pointless great show off ones. More so than other types growing nearby.

Sunday, September 23, 2007. So where was I? Somehow the summer took over and the garden got relegated to second place. We have had a remarkable butternut and gemsquash harvest. A good crop of strawberries. Plans for next year? Onions and garlic were good this year and so were the shallots. I intend to plant a gooseberry bush and to try .

This is the last weekend for the summer. Come on over and get your year-end veggies. A few melons, they are really sweet.

Saturday, March 31, 2007. Thanks - and welcome to my new home. Thanks to everyone for their good wishes, for sharing my garden with me over the past two years and for your many encouraging comments. Thursday, February 15, 2007. Wednesday, February 14, 2007.

Always Growing Hardy Plants For Hardy Vermonters And Their Friends. Wednesday, July 01, 2009. Wednesday, July 1, 2009. I have been thinking about this blog for some time. I started it in mid November 2006, a couple months after we purchased 5 acres for a new nursery. My intention was to use Vermont Gardens. I have decided to let Vermont Gardens. Snooze for a while while I move all blogging to The Vermont Gardener. So for those of you who have joined the conversation at Vermont Gardens,.

To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow. Posted by frugilegus under Things that grow. But Dad got ill a few weeks before he retired. So we cleared the be.