A short video of John’s amazing onion crop! And a little song to cheer you up!

john, in the garden, the food diariesBecky JamesNovember 20, 2020onions, garden, growing food, vegetables, john, dadComment

Dad's Mini Allotment - Part 1 - John Holmes

Dad’s mini allotment manages to provide some of their vegetables such as runner beans, onions (which we finished off a couple of months ago from last August) tomatoes (which also seem to feed family and friends too as they are never ending) and beetroot, which sadly didn’t come to anything this year. On here are photos and a video - logged from March - June 2020. Part 2 to come!

john, in the garden, the food diariesBecky JamesJune 23, 2020john, dad, grumpy, allotment, tomatoes, beans, onions, growing, vegetables, grow your own

My dad John - a new contributor!

Ernest John Holmes, my dad, was born in 1945, and spent his working life as a Heating Engineer and Plumber crawling about under other people’s houses putting central heating systems in……

Wisdom from

a grumpy old man

by john