Grow off Week 12 – Bake Off Week 7

This weekend I joined a bubble with another single lone-habitat-er. To celebrate we drank everything in the North East and stayed up past a time anyone at our ages should deem necessary. I feel replenished yet completely empty at the same time. Help. Black Lives Matter protests are in their fourth consecutive week in the … Continue reading Grow off Week 12 – Bake Off Week 7

Grow Off Week 11 – Bake Off Week 6

We missed a weigh in last week for obvious reasons; I sat down to put it all together and chucked it all out within a few seconds. My personal account will be used exclusively for sharing and learning from now on (the news moves so fast it will all be in my Stories, with some … Continue reading Grow Off Week 11 – Bake Off Week 6

Grow Off Week 9 – Bake off Week 5

I write to you this week full to the brim with Bake Off spoils. Resembling an overfilled profiterole, I sit soft eyed and centred. And soft centred. The gardens are flourishing and the sunbabies have all moved into their permanent homes, a worrying time for us. I imagine it is a similar feeling to watching … Continue reading Grow Off Week 9 – Bake off Week 5

Grow Off Week 8 – Bake Off Week 3

As I type I can hear it blowing a bloody hoolie - secure those sunflowers, get the clothes off the line, remember not to leave the dog outside! We've had varying rates of growth this week, some sunbabes are a bit over it, others are just getting started. My tomatoes are a pure embarrassment, Steven … Continue reading Grow Off Week 8 – Bake Off Week 3

Grow Off Week 7 – Bake off Week 2

Lockdown - Week 8 Short and sweet this week my friends, let's weigh in! WEIGH IN Phil's skinny creep didn't feel like it this week and has been knocked down a peg, but still a very happy 37cm.A whopping 20cm growth in a week for Sophie's lovely girl, coming in at 43cm! She's quite literally … Continue reading Grow Off Week 7 – Bake off Week 2

Grow Off Week 6 – Bake Off Week 1

Annual Burger Week - Year 5 Lockdown - Week 25546 There is a lot to cover and I haved 8000 photos to sift through for this week, but WHAT A FUCKING WEEK. Let's start with a weigh in, shall we? WEIGH IN Sophie's lasses have had a full resurgence after some indoor TLC; 24cm.Phil's skinny … Continue reading Grow Off Week 6 – Bake Off Week 1

Grow Off Week 5

Despite the increasingly moody weather and the fact it has been 7 weeks since I've touched another human being*, our plant babies are taking off. Our body positive sunflowers are flaunting their various shapes and sizes with vigour and I think I can speak for everyone when I say how proud we are of their … Continue reading Grow Off Week 5