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Hi everyone! I’m Bryony. I'm passionate about grassroots organic sustainable growing, and I find inspiration in my garden, nature, food, and literature. When I'm not out in the garden you'll find me in my kitchen! xx

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There's never a dull moment in the garden with chickens. I have a fenced off section where they are free to roam during the day without pecking my plants into oblivion, but just like the velociraptors in Jurassic Park they systematically test the fencing. Sometimes I'm not quick enough and a speedy hen slips out! And although it results in my tomatoes being a bit pecked and my gravel pathway being diligently misplaced in the hunt for juicy slugs, I usually can't resist a little sit and a cuddle while they roam. Swipe to see a very naughty hen with her beak in my geraniums! . Liberty print shirt gifted by @oxfordshirtco . . . . #myoxfordshirt #exbatts #allotment #organicgardening #eatwhatyougrow #cultivationassociation #gardenersofinstagram #gardening #gardenblogger #gardenchat #gardeninglife #homesteading #smallholding #hobbyfarm #organic #organicfood #realfood #homegrown #growyourown #gardenersworld #sustainable #ecofriendly #eatlocal #digforvictory #kitchengarden #moestuin #potager #jardin #allotmenteering #myhappyplace

Happy Monday to you! I can't believe it's Monday again already. Genuinely can't believe it. After yesterday's plot visit I took home an overflowing harvest basket; the biggest bunch yet of fragrant sweet peas, fattened, late-picked mange tout peas (yes! There were so many that some actually made it home!), plump broad beans, umpteen courgettes, bold and beautiful dahlias and - a handful of potatoes! It turned out the potatoes aren't even nearly ready, as Tom smugly said as I started excitedly forking into the soil. "Yes they will be", I replied, willing it to be true. Well, seven of them were! 😂 Have a great week. 💚 . . . #inmyharvestbasket #allotment #organicgardening #eatwhatyougrow #cultivationassociation #gardenersofinstagram #gardening #gardenblogger #gardenchat #gardeninglife #homesteading #smallholding #hobbyfarm #organic #organicfood #realfood #homegrown #growyourown #gardenersworld #sustainable #ecofriendly #eatlocal #digforvictory #kitchengarden #moestuin #potager #jardin #allotmenteering #myhappyplace

One of these things is not like the others! 💚 Today's allotment visit yielded the largest bunch of sweet peas yet, and among the deep purple hues, blushes and hot pinks there lurked one with purple and white zebra stripes! How marvellous. Why fit in when you can stand out?? I hope you had a productive weekend in the garden. I'm shattered now and it's somehow already nearly Monday. Oh well - back to work for a rest! . . . #sweetpeas #allotment #organicgardening #eatwhatyougrow #cultivationassociation #gardenersofinstagram #gardening #gardenblogger #gardenchat #gardeninglife #homesteading #smallholding #hobbyfarm #organic #organicfood #realfood #homegrown #growyourown #gardenersworld #sustainable #ecofriendly #eatlocal #digforvictory #kitchengarden #moestuin #potager #jardin #allotmenteering #myhappyplace

Friend, not foe. . . . #friendnotfoe #ladybird #allotment #organicgardening #eatwhatyougrow #cultivationassociation #gardenersofinstagram #gardening #gardenblogger #gardenchat #gardeninglife #homesteading #smallholding #hobbyfarm #organic #organicfood #realfood #homegrown #growyourown #gardenersworld #sustainable #ecofriendly #eatlocal #digforvictory #kitchengarden #moestuin #potager #jardin #allotmenteering #myhappyplace

Today, at last, the heavens opened and a storm of fat droplets hammered down, hitting the parched face of the land made impermeable by drought. For most of the day the rains came and the thirsty earth greedily soaked it up. I love summer days like these. After the rains the warmth and the damp bring an almost palpable fertility. The jump in growth is tangible, I think you could almost hear it if you listened in the right way. Gardening is something you do with all your senses and it demands immediacy - when I visit the plot tomorrow I will be struck by the smell after rain, by the light bouncing off the wetness pooled in hollow leaves, by the shimmering heat coming off the soil, the bright colours of the newly-opened dahlias, the fresh crunch of an irresistible mange tout pea. And always - by how very much the pumpkins have grown! 🌱🌱🌱 . . 🎃 Buffy Ball by @thompsonmorgan1855 (seeds were gifted) . . #pumpkin #allotment #organicgardening #eatwhatyougrow #cultivationassociation #gardenersofinstagram #gardening #gardenblogger #gardenchat #gardeninglife #homesteading #smallholding #hobbyfarm #organic #organicfood #realfood #homegrown #growyourown #gardenersworld #sustainable #ecofriendly #eatlocal #digforvictory #kitchengarden #moestuin #potager #jardin #allotmenteering #myhappyplace

The cheery face of the volunteer nasturtium which self seeded in this year's courgette patch and which I didn't have the heart to remove. 🌱 These were a mix from @realseeds which I bought once four years ago and they self seed so well that I've not had to buy any since! This year I was also sent some mystery nasturtiums as part of a @thompsonmorgan1855 trial and the word on the street is that their flowers are pink. 🌺 Pink is my favourite flower colour, so I'm super happy about that! I sowed them really late (too busy as ever) so I think it will be a few weeks yet before I see their little floral faces. So in the meantime I am appreciating this orange beauty. 🏵 . . PS Did anyone else's Music sticker disappear? Mine is gone (after I only got the feature added to my account only a few weeks ago!!) and I'm totally bummer about it. 🙁 . . . #nasturtium #allotment #organicgardening #eatwhatyougrow #cultivationassociation #gardenersofinstagram #gardening #gardenblogger #gardenchat #gardeninglife #homesteading #smallholding #hobbyfarm #organic #organicfood #realfood #homegrown #growyourown #gardenersworld #sustainable #ecofriendly #eatlocal #digforvictory #kitchengarden #moestuin #potager #jardin #allotmenteering #myhappyplace

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