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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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Among the many merits of September (cooler temperatures, dewy mornings, the promising whiff of autumn in the air) are its colourful harvests. 🧡 Not least the pumpkins! So here I am standing among the colourful tangle of the dahlias' last swansong proudly clutching some of the fruits of the season's labour. Only some of the mini pumpkins though obviously, I'm not about to try lifting my 79lb giant pumpkin! I've harvested a few of the smaller fruits already and set them in the greenhouse to cure, and this coming weekend it will be time to cut and clear the rest of the pumpkin patch for autumn! I wonder what the final tally will be... 🙊🎃 . . . Liberty print shirt gifted from @oxfordshirtco . . #myoxfordshirt #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

I never quite seem to manage to thin out my carrots enough. 😂 Is anyone else guilty of this?? This year I seem to have got lucky with a pretty great crop anyway so we won't mention previous years, where large numbers of my carrots were so crammed together they were mostly minuscule! 🤷🏽‍♀️🥕 Carrots are one of the best veg to grow your own in my very humble opinion. Yes, there are easier things to grow, and it's a hard-fought battle against carrot fly most of the time. But. But but but - homegrown carrots? They taste so....carroty!! You'll never look the same way at a watery cruchless supermarket specimen again once you've tasted a carrot, homegrown the way it's meant to be. . . 🌱 carrot Touchon . . #carrot #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

Marigolds will forever be a favourite of mine. Here in the fading evening light their firebacked petals reflect the glow of the setting sun, and the seedheads reflect the drop of summer below the horizon as the earth slowly turns and autumn draws over us like a dark and cosy blanket. The dewy mornings give it away, as does the blight in my tomatoes and the powdery mildew over my courgette leaves. The courgettes are done for the year now and I'll be pulling them out at my next visit, when I hopefully have more energy. I popped to the plot for a quick one today, mostly just enjoying some fresh air while deadheading dahlias and harvesting tomatoes, but I pulled out several of the tomato plants which had succumbed to the black touch of blight. My greenhouse is now full of green tomatoes ripening in the sun. I also took a few potatoes and bush beans for midweek meals, and even took a very few of the first pumpkins home to cure. So those are in my greenhouse too, as orange and uplifting as these marigolds. 🧡 . . . #marigold #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

Not long to go now... . . 🌱 Waltham Butternut from @realseeds . . #butternutsquash #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 bright orange jewelled tones of this cosmos contrast perfectly with the bright violet of the verbena it's interplanted with. Both circumscribe my little pond, along with the alien petrified seed heads of the nigella, a frilly dahlia high border edge like the surround of Sleeping Beauty's castle, and the twirling tendrils of an errant pumpkin vine or two. It won't be long before the jewel tones and textures fade. So here's a bit of colour while I still can! I used to hate orange but this year it's been one of my absolute favourites (the ubiquitous geums at Chelsea spring to mind). Funny how tastes can change. Change. At the turn of the seasons on Friday 13th AND with a full moon, change just might be my word of the moment. Who else here loves orange?🙋‍♀️ . . 🌱 Cosmos Polidor . . #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

A dahlia pillow to rest my head. One of my best and worst characteristics is that I don't stop - if I want something, I'll keep going to get it. I'll push a bit further than most people would, try a few more times than most people would, do more things at once than most people would. And despite frequently pushing my body far beyond what is sensible I've never really had a problem until now. You guys, I think age is catching up with me! I've been pretty ill all week and I've pushed through thinking it will be fine and I'll feel better tomorrow because that's how it has always worked...and now here I am, immobile on the sofa. I've been here for hours. Everything aches. I'm radiating more heat than the sun (and my circulation is usually so poor that I swear I'm actually cold-blooded). I've drunk more Lemsips today than I care to count and they haven't done a thing. This is it isn't it?? Age is catching up with me. Time is a thief. . The flipside is of course that I'm grateful I've always had my health. I'd make a truly terrible patient, I mean I already have cabin fever and I'm crochety and complaining. I think I need to give myself a good talking to! So if you'll please excuse me I'm going to go and liberally sprinkle Olbas oil EVERYWHERE and practise counting sheep. 😂😷🤒 . Oh PS that's the peachy petals of Cafe au Lait in the middle there with pink Gerrie Hoek in the foreground and the Tyrian tinged lips of Crazy Love in the back. . . . #dahlias #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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