Links
When Pumpkin Soup was born, you had to scratch around a bit to find folk with similar green-minded blogs. In the last 18 months, there has been something of an explosion of ’em. Some are short-lived and some endure. Here are my favourites.
- …but it’s dirty
- The antics of the Head Burro, or Burro McBurro, or Mr HB the First, or whatever name he is choosing to go by at the moment. Soakaways, raised beds, green manures and vermicide have never been so hilarious. Do leave a comment when you visit (tell him Clare sent you) and be sure to return to read his pithy reply. He has been known to be a little suggestive at times – never was a blog more aptly named.
- Down on the Allotment
- The Gnome is another blogger with an enjoyably dry wit. He describes himself as “a hacker, not a grower”, which appeals to me in my amateurishness. A marrow fan, he waxes poetic about things that a lesser allotmenteer would consider prosaic and mundane.
- fluffius muppetus
- Aside from having the best name for a weblog ever, Fluffy Muppet has to be a regular read thanks to the interesting and useful links that she passes on. Check out her grow dome site but be warned – you might end up feeling very covetous.
- Horticultural
- Jane Perrone’s blog is a mine of brilliant gardening and plant care tips. She gives such clear, straightforward information that you can’t fail to take better care of your African violets or ensure that your tomato plants are properly supported. She’s written a book, The Allotment Keeper’s Handbook which is sure to become a well-thumbed fixture in my horticultural library.
- My Tiny Plot
- Gillian’s tiny plot – and her additional teeny tiny plot – are the basis for this clean, simple and gorgeous blog. Her photographs are lovely, she clearly takes great pride in her allotments and she gets good results too. I can’t wait for her to start a teeny weeny yellow polka-dot plot.
- Spade work: From plot to plate
- And when he says work, he really means work – John Curtin is a serious allotment and vegetable gardener. John’s site is always a delight to read and his potato tasting posts are a real boon.
Other allotment, gardening, organic-y blogs
- …and I hate worms!
- 5 rods
- A Gardening Year
- A Growing Delight
- A Photographer’s Garden Blog
- Allotment Blog
- Allotment Chick
- Allotment Lads
- Allotment News
- AllotmentBlog
- An Eclectic Garden
- Anything but Sprouts
- At last I’ve got my plot
- bean-sprouts
- Belinda’s Allotment
- Bexsallotment
- Clodhoppers
- Daughter of the Soil
- daughter of the soil
- Dave’s Allotment
- Dig
- Dirty hoes
- Duck Dinner Dash
- Eats Shoots and Leaves
- Farming Friends
- fresh as a Daisy
- Fresh-Fresh Food
- Garden Rant
- Gardenopoly’s blog
- Greenfuse
- Greenhouse Girl
- Growing Our Own
- Hoe Hoe Hoe
- In the Garedn Online
- Leeds allotment
- Light is fading
- Losing the Plot
- Luke is Digging
- Luke’s veggie blog
- Mad for sprouts
- Manor Stables Veg Plot
- Mike’s Allotment Diary
- Mildew
- Miriam’s Lottie
- Moonbells
- Multiveg
- My Allotments
- MyUrbFarm
- No Impact Man
- Noforkandgood
- Organic Allotment
- Organic City blog
- Organic Lockload
- Our allotment venture
- Our Allotment’s Blog
- Our Patch of Green
- Pellon Allotment
- Pinsrap’s Plot
- Plot 29
- Plot 44
- Plot Blog
- Plot c81
- Plot Holes
- PlotBlog
- Plotyblog
- Ragged Radishes
- She Who Digs
- Soilman
- Squirrel’s Garden
- The 21st Century good Life?
- The Allotment
- The Observer allotment blog
- The Sweetie Plant Plot
- Trying to grow things
- Turning Earth
- Urbania to Stoneheads
- Veg box diary
- Veg Plot
- Vegetable Gardens
- Walsall Road Allotments
- Weekend Gardener
- Welsh Girl’s Allotment
- WiZeR
Useful resources
- Anti-Apathy
- Ecological Footprint
- ecotopia
- Green Books
- Hopwood Organic
- Recycle more
- Recycled products
- Self sufficient ‘ish’
- we are what we do
- Wiggly Wigglers
- Allotments Regeneration Initiative
- HDRA
- National Society of Allotment & Leisure Gardeners
- River Cottage
- Soil Association
- Allotments 4 All
- allotmentsnstuff
- Gardenbanter
- Self sufficient ‘ish’