by Mandy and Kaz - @2_littlepeas
We’ve been so pleased to get to know Tom the Hapless Gardener on Twitter - especially as like him we’re allotment newbies. There’s so much to learn and everyone else seems like an expert - we feel like we’re Mandy and Kaz the Hapless Allotmenteers!
So we were really excited about our visit last weekend to the Edible
Garden Show near Kenilworth: a chance for us to learn a few things and to do
some allotment goodie shopping to help us get started ...
And here are some of the brilliant things that happened to us, all
in one day!
Then amazingly we got chatting to ‘Kathy Perks’ (real name Hedli
Niklaus) from the Archers at the Archers Addicts stall. Kaz is one of the
biggest followers of the Archers, and couldn’t believe her luck. We got the
inside information on all the shenanigans in Borsetshire ... As well as a free
Archers Addicts mug - could things get any better?!
We then listened to a fantastic talk by Alys Fowler. Alys presented
an amazing BBC series the Edible Garden a couple of years ago and has presented
Gardeners World as well, and her talk was all about life on her vegetable
garden. We picked up some great tips - we especially liked her use of a brood
of chickens to de-slug the allotment - labour-saving and effective! Result!
We loved looking round the stalls as well - we bought some great
things for the allotments - lots of lovely seeds (especially pleased with some
brilliant wildflower seeds), plug plants, tomato plants, and some great tools -
and also found a man who sold the most amazing fudge and olives! Mmm!
What more could we have asked for? Great gardening tips, lots of
interesting people to meet, some fabulous shopping, stepping into the world of
the Archers - and a photo opportunity with James Wong!
We’re not sure if we’ll turn into anything other than Hapless
Allotmenteers - but we’ll be back at the EDS next year! :-)
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Mandy and Kaz, aka @2_littlepeas on Twitter have been among the most enthusiastic new allotmenteers I've had the pleasure of chatting with.
They've got a lovely website called Little Beginnings and I get the feeling will be very happy to make new gardening friends on their Facebook site too
Thank you both for writing, I don't think it'll be long before you have a little pitch at EDS and we'll be coming to have our pics taken!
Right, having had such energetic company, I can't let this bed get cold. If you're up for writing a piece on the emotion that gets you most in the garden drop me an email - or if you think there's someone I should ask to write then do let me know: Thehaplessgardener@gmail.com or @haplessgardener
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