With little time for blogging these days there’s even less time for reading other people’s blogs. Plot 52 though is a split second read and one of my favourites. Spotting 5 unread posts in my reader this morning, and finding the above ”allotment recipe suggestion’‘ which made me laugh out loud, I thought it was high time I shared the delights of Greg’s illustrated allotment diary. Greg describes his blog as ”a visual record of the triumphs and trials of a vegetable gardener. Detailing the ongoing struggles with pests, the weather, low flying golf balls, and a fear of deep digging”.
Last Summer when I took part in Suzy’s A-Z alphabet Greg also rose to the challenge producing a wonderful, humourous illustrated allotment alphabet, which has now been compiled into this lovely book. (click on link for details of how to get hold of a copy – a great gift for growers old and young!)
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Hi Nic, what a fabulous idea for a book, some of the things named in these alphabet books are certainly not in the everyday vocabulary of a child such as Xzylephone for X !
You little boy is very interested in reading his book, he has gotten so big they are babies for only a very short time!