Anne Robbins
@hincmariana.bsky.social
Once a historian, always a historian. But also a knitter, gardener, allotmenteer, petition signer, listener, reader.
Double corduroy. Don’t @ me, fashion police.
November 10, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Double corduroy. Don’t @ me, fashion police.
Wine marketing gone crazy: at my allotment, chard is a good thing & not a crime.
November 5, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Wine marketing gone crazy: at my allotment, chard is a good thing & not a crime.
The last of this year’s allotment cosmos, I suspect, but there will be seed to collect. It might not grow true white next year, there was pink cosmos nearby, but it’s something to look forward to.
October 26, 2025 at 8:22 PM
The last of this year’s allotment cosmos, I suspect, but there will be seed to collect. It might not grow true white next year, there was pink cosmos nearby, but it’s something to look forward to.
Yesterday I planted Milium effusum Aureum (Bowles’ Golden Grass) to brighten a dark space in my garden. Seems to be working.
October 13, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Yesterday I planted Milium effusum Aureum (Bowles’ Golden Grass) to brighten a dark space in my garden. Seems to be working.
Torquay train station has remarkably glamorous gardens, maintained by volunteers. I’m just a little jealous… #gardening
October 7, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Torquay train station has remarkably glamorous gardens, maintained by volunteers. I’m just a little jealous… #gardening
Why, yes, there IS a woodcarving shop in Torquay. Why are you even asking?
October 6, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Why, yes, there IS a woodcarving shop in Torquay. Why are you even asking?
It’s been a good year for the cosmos….
Many blooms still linger there.
The lawn could stand another mowowow,
Funny, I don’t even care.
#nomowSeptbember
#allotmentlife
Many blooms still linger there.
The lawn could stand another mowowow,
Funny, I don’t even care.
#nomowSeptbember
#allotmentlife
September 23, 2025 at 3:20 PM
It’s been a good year for the cosmos….
Many blooms still linger there.
The lawn could stand another mowowow,
Funny, I don’t even care.
#nomowSeptbember
#allotmentlife
Many blooms still linger there.
The lawn could stand another mowowow,
Funny, I don’t even care.
#nomowSeptbember
#allotmentlife
Someone wanted to see just how big an allotment courgette could grow, so I’ve left this one alone. The variety is called Striata, and it won’t be such good eating, but t someone will be happy. #allotmentlife
September 17, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Someone wanted to see just how big an allotment courgette could grow, so I’ve left this one alone. The variety is called Striata, and it won’t be such good eating, but t someone will be happy. #allotmentlife
How silly of me to go to the allotment this morning.
September 4, 2025 at 9:27 AM
How silly of me to go to the allotment this morning.
Huh. Turns out, you can get sweary in Wordle.
August 28, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Huh. Turns out, you can get sweary in Wordle.
We’re on to the courgette fritter stage of the summer. #allotment
Tomatoes not my own.
Tomatoes not my own.
July 29, 2025 at 6:40 PM
We’re on to the courgette fritter stage of the summer. #allotment
Tomatoes not my own.
Tomatoes not my own.
Someone was having a blow-out Glyndeborne picnic.
July 4, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Someone was having a blow-out Glyndeborne picnic.
My #allotment garlic has come out surprisingly well, but I’m almost as proud of my ragweed destroyers: cinnabar moth caterpillars.
June 25, 2025 at 10:16 AM
My #allotment garlic has come out surprisingly well, but I’m almost as proud of my ragweed destroyers: cinnabar moth caterpillars.
Bought some plants at the local fair at Charlton House: verbena Bampton, Melina altissima alba, geranium phaem, fennel innominata, eurybia divaricata. Oh joy! #gardening
May 18, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Bought some plants at the local fair at Charlton House: verbena Bampton, Melina altissima alba, geranium phaem, fennel innominata, eurybia divaricata. Oh joy! #gardening
White-flowering wisteria in its full glory. Charlton House Peace Garden.
#gardening
#gardening
May 8, 2025 at 11:16 AM
White-flowering wisteria in its full glory. Charlton House Peace Garden.
#gardening
#gardening
The flaw in using home-made compost to supplement the bought peat-free seed compost is the number of volunteer seeds coming up. I might start my tomatoes again, I can’t tell which is which. #allotment
April 5, 2025 at 11:14 AM
The flaw in using home-made compost to supplement the bought peat-free seed compost is the number of volunteer seeds coming up. I might start my tomatoes again, I can’t tell which is which. #allotment
Exploring my options.
March 22, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Exploring my options.
Gardened at my local train station. Primroses there, too!
March 5, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Gardened at my local train station. Primroses there, too!
There’s still 2022 marmalade in the cupboard, so maybe it was silly to make a batch now. But Seville oranges are so seasonal! And I had a grapefruit and lemons from @crowdfarming.bsky.social, so Three-fruit Marmalade it is.
January 12, 2025 at 9:46 PM
There’s still 2022 marmalade in the cupboard, so maybe it was silly to make a batch now. But Seville oranges are so seasonal! And I had a grapefruit and lemons from @crowdfarming.bsky.social, so Three-fruit Marmalade it is.
The living room is slowly getting emptied ahead of redecorating. The first time since 2001, and hoo boy it needs it.
January 8, 2025 at 3:19 PM
The living room is slowly getting emptied ahead of redecorating. The first time since 2001, and hoo boy it needs it.
Hard to tell what’s sock and what’s mend.
🧶The Now Gallery, Greenwich Prninsula, for Celia Pym’ show, ‘Socks: the art of care and repair’. And there are socks that anyone can have a go with, plus mending workshops coming up.
🧶The Now Gallery, Greenwich Prninsula, for Celia Pym’ show, ‘Socks: the art of care and repair’. And there are socks that anyone can have a go with, plus mending workshops coming up.
December 31, 2024 at 2:36 PM
Hard to tell what’s sock and what’s mend.
🧶The Now Gallery, Greenwich Prninsula, for Celia Pym’ show, ‘Socks: the art of care and repair’. And there are socks that anyone can have a go with, plus mending workshops coming up.
🧶The Now Gallery, Greenwich Prninsula, for Celia Pym’ show, ‘Socks: the art of care and repair’. And there are socks that anyone can have a go with, plus mending workshops coming up.