Home & Garden Christmas Gift Guide 2023
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dorsetcountrylife
- Oct 10
Autumn Tasks at the Allotment: Preparing for the Cosy Season
As summer gracefully fades away and the days grow shorter, it's time for gardeners to embrace the enchantment of autumn. At the...
dorsetcountrylife
- Jan 12
How to Plan What to Grow
On the days during January, when it’s just too wet to be at the allotments, my favourite rainy day job is planning the growing year...
dorsetcountrylife
- Jan 9
Allotment Jobs for January
January can be cold and bleak and a bit flat after Christmas. So one of my first jobs of the year is to turn my attention back to my...
dorsetcountrylife
- Nov 10, 2022
Dorset Christmas Gift Guide 2022
Well there is no way to deny that we love and adore the county we are lucky enough to live in. It has so many wonderful features and as...
dorsetcountrylife
- Nov 9, 2022
Growers Christmas Gift Guide 2022
We think it is pretty obvious that we love to grow things - Sue has her beautiful Cottage Garden which you have all watched blooming over...
dorsetcountrylife
- Oct 14, 2022
How to Make Horseradish Sauce
As summer turns to autumn my gathering and preserving instincts kick in. My family love horseradish sauce, whether it’s with smoked...
dorsetcountrylife
- Sep 21, 2022
How to Blanch & Preserve Brassicas
As the season moves forward I am starting to get a lot of lush greens at the allotment. I want to freeze and preserve as much as possible...
dorsetcountrylife
- Apr 13, 2022
Wild Garlic Butter Recipe
With April comes the beginning of an abundance of foraging opportunities. This is a time when I make my wild garlic butter and wow it...
dorsetcountrylife
- Mar 31, 2022
How I Plan My Allotment
I never thought I'd be the kind of person who had an allotment or honestly grew anything. I completed rejected it when I was younger, but...
dorsetcountrylife
- Mar 24, 2022
Where Do We Get Our Seeds From?
It is that time of year again and if you are someone who starts your plants from seed you'll probably be starting or have already started...
dorsetcountrylife
- Nov 9, 2021
Our Growers Christmas Gift Guide
*Ad-Gifted. All opinions are our own. One of us grew up gardening and has had green fingers her whole life and the other gardened with...
dorsetcountrylife
- Oct 23, 2021
Dorset Raspberry Jam Recipe
Raspberry Jam is my absolute favourite and I don’t just love eating it, I love to make it, eat and gift it! This year I have decided to...
dorsetcountrylife
- Sep 13, 2021
Tomato Blight
I think the thing I was most excited about this year on the allotment was having a greenhouse at last. Especially for growing tomatoes. I...
dorsetcountrylife
- Aug 29, 2021
Small Space Gardening
We are often talking about growing our own veg here on the blog. One of us has a small garden and the other lives in a flat without a...
dorsetcountrylife
- Aug 25, 2021
Mill House Nurseries
When we are preparing for our growing year, nothing gives us more joy than our visits to Mill House Nurseries. One of Dorset’s best...
dorsetcountrylife
- Feb 3, 2021
January and February Allotment Jobs
People often say to me “ I guess there’s not much to do regarding the allotment in January and February. I say well actually I've been...
dorsetcountrylife
- Nov 24, 2020
Putting Lottie to Bed for the Winter
It’s the end of the growing season now, although I do have some cabbages, broccoli, leeks and chard to continue through the winter. For...
dorsetcountrylife
- Nov 19, 2020
How to String Onions
I was very pleased with my onion crop this year from my allotment. I bought my onion sets from Thompson and Morgan and chose Suttgarter...
dorsetcountrylife
- Oct 3, 2020
There's Something in the Autumn Breeze
As soon as I smell the autumn air that switch flicks and I get a desire, almost a need to start gathering and storing food.
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Two women. Two generations. Both mothers and lovers of the county where they live. Blogging about Dorset here at Dorset Country Life. Find out more...
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