Blodeuwedd 2023
The Blodeuwedd Project 2023 – Year 3 Plants: Aubrietia, Rudbeckia, Verbascum, Yarrow, Antirrhinums, Verbena, White Musk Mallow Raised: £500 Bought: 100 Fruit Trees, Vegetable Seeds, Equipment to manage the garden Another year, another unpredictable start… In February, my neighbour came knocking at the door asking if I wanted another dog – a friend of his couldn’t […]
Blodeuwedd 2022
The Blodeuwedd Project 2022 – Year 2 Plants: Cupid’s Dart, Foxgloves, Achillea, St John’s Wort, Nigella, Harebells. Raised: £300 Bought: 600 Orange Trees Personally, this year had the most heart-breaking start, when I lost my four-legged little shadow and soulmate, Sand. After that my mental health took a tumble back into the abyss, but, (whilst […]
Blodeuwedd 2021
The Blodeuwedd Project 2021 – Year 1 Plants: Amaranthus ‘Love Lies Bleeding’; Coleus, Crocosmia Raised: £400 Bought: 600 Orange Trees & 200 Lemon Trees At the beginning of the year I started sowing a pack of Amaranthus seeds. I was so excited to finally be sowing my own plants – I wondered why I hadn’t […]