dorsetcountrylife
- Nov 14
Home & Garden Christmas Gift Guide 2023
Welcome to our festive haven of holiday delights! This Christmas, transform your home and garden into a winter wonderland with our...
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
- Mar 7
Review: Bokashi Organko Essential
*Ad-Gifted. All opinions are our own. I am always looking for ways to improve my soil at the allotment. It’s not the best and is very...
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 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
- 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
- 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
- Jun 21, 2021
Building A Small Garden Pond
Even in a small space there is something incredibly relaxing about the sound of running water. Having never had a garden pond I was not...
dorsetcountrylife
- Jun 21, 2021
Creating a Cottage Garden
I had an area in my garden where the grass didn't grow fantastically well as there are trees surrounding it. I wanted to create a space...
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.
dorsetcountrylife
- Jul 6, 2020
Foraging
We were born to be hunter gatherers and to live by the season and although most people think foraging is a little odd.
dorsetcountrylife
- Jun 30, 2020
Sharing the Love of Lottie
Each day I'm learning what works and what doesn't. It's a beautiful environment and one of my greatest joys is Alyssa is falling in love
dorsetcountrylife
- Jun 23, 2020
Making An Automatic Tomato Waterer
Tomatoes are really thirsty plants and I grow mine outside, so need to find a way to keep them well watered and supported.
dorsetcountrylife
- Jun 16, 2020
Making a Garden Obelisk
Garden obelisks can get really expensive, so this step by step guide helps you to make your own for absolutely nothing!
dorsetcountrylife
- May 29, 2020
What Do I Get From Gardening
Gardening has so many advantages but what does it actually do for me or anyone who takes it up?
dorsetcountrylife
- May 25, 2020
Growing Blueberries
How to decide what blueberries to grow, when they will fruit, how to grow them and where to get them
dorsetcountrylife
- May 12, 2020
Where to Even Begin
When faced with the original allotment in it's state the feeling can be overwhelming
dorsetcountrylife
- May 1, 2020
Planting Beetroot from Seeds
What beetroot I am planting and how I start them off from seeds with a video demo too!
dorsetcountrylife
- Apr 24, 2020
Building a Toad Abode
Now my nature pond is close to completion, yy thoughts have turned to the wild life I am trying to attract.
dorsetcountrylife
- Apr 17, 2020
Nature is My Garden Friend
Welcoming in Nature to my new quarter plot in a brand new way
dorsetcountrylife
- Apr 10, 2020
New Allotment Plans
What will I do with my half of the new plot. My other lottie is ready to go but this one needs some work...
dorsetcountrylife
- Mar 21, 2020
And Along Came Lottie
The thought of having my own allotment was very exciting and I had a romantic vision of lush green beans and a sanctuary...
dorsetcountrylife
- Mar 21, 2020
Preparing the Soil
My journey to preparing the soil for the coming of the new year and growth.
dorsetcountrylife
- Mar 9, 2020
A Total Growing Beginner
Apart from as a small child gardening with my grandpa, I had no interest in gardening. So why do I now have an allotment?
