Jamie Oliver says the leaves and stems of PEAS can be eaten.

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OK, this is really for testing my blog feed… However!
Today, amongst the rain, hail and sleet I’ve had to remove my compost heap. A big brown rat has managed to get in and live in it. Despite Rat poison this pest continues to rumage around.
So today I removed eveything, remounted the bin on solid […]

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This week it’s been difficult to do anything really useful on the allotment. If the snow didn’t settle, the biting northly wind preventing too much time outside then it’s so wet!
But I cut the grass around the plot!
And pruned the berries slightly to give the plants a jolt.
As the clocks change this weekend I […]

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Since Christmas 2007 I’ve been taking regular short clips of progress on the allotment. 3 months on and it’s still mainly brown soil. I have done a lot of building and digging so I hope it’s all worth it.
The first part of the video diary will be posted everywhere soon. But HERE first.
Please look out […]

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