Category: Dirtdigging

Allotment Gardening, autumn poetry, blackbird song, Christmas Carol, Dirtdigging, holly, Jazz, midwinter's day, new poetry, Parsnips, poetry, Roots, solstice

Midwinter Jazz

Gladiator Parsnips
Midwinter’s Harvest Christmas Parsnips up and out of bed…sown on St Patrick’s Day…
The final bounty of the year...
Parsnips from the Monster’s depths… The final bounty from the Monster’s old location…

Solstice Jazz

Blackbird trills dark hush of morn,
A carol to winter’s darkest day;
Straggler leaves still cling; forlorn,
The holly’s crown in disarray.

We’ve come full circle in our flight,
Our knowledge dimmed in knowing chorus.
Our hope rests now in promised light
                         On darkling wings, on berries bright,
                          In blackbird songs in the dead of night
And brighter days stretching before us.    ©      JK      December 21st 2016

 

Merry Christmas to all.  Our wish is that you periodically log in as we move forward with new chapters from the Monster’s brand new stomping ground throughout 2017….

 

 

Allotment, Allotment Gardening, Dirtdigging, Gardening, GIY, Greenfingers, Onions, St. Anne's Park Walled Garden

Six Years a Growing: get the picture?

On this day 6 years ago, Mrs Dirt-digger was one of the first plot holders to turn a sod in the then newly opened walled garden allotments in St Anne’s Park in Dublin. We took possession of our keys on 3rd July that year, and sooner than attempt a verbose essay on our experiences during that six year period, we’ve decided to post a little photo journey of our challenges and achievements to date, and over the coming days we’ll update the scrapbook with more images…

So, day 1, July 2010…

Day Number 1
The 1st day 2010
Day 1
plot 77; our original small holding
November 2012
Our new plot in November 2012
plot 49
We took charge of an overgrown corner on Nov. 1st 2012
the first mecnanical
The Monster’s new name tag; summer 2013
Plot 49 with summer colour
Plot 49 with summer colour
The "beamer" on plot 49
The “beamer” on plot 49
The Monster's Gift
some summer harvest from The Monster’s Mouth in summer 2013
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The ladies left the hive and set up shop on our beam bench…
Drying the onions July 2014
Drying the onions July 2014
curing the shallots july 2014
curing the shallots July 2014
Basil and Tomato plants in the polytunnel
Basil and Tomato plants in the polytunnel
Summer time flush on plot 49...2015
Summer time flush on plot 49…2015
early summer on the monster in the corner
Early summer on the monster in the corner…
May 2016
Mrs Dirtdigger on the Monster May 2016
Dimpled Golfus...
Time to Tag with the balls…
June 2016 on Plot 49
one small corner of the plot that is the Monster…June 2016
most photos courtesy Janette