The article in the Sunday Times about the site has generated a huge amount of media interest.

It has been a great morale boost for all of the allotmenteers and we’ve come out fighting.  Well, when in a corner there aren’t many other options.

I’m learning social media as I go, but the first step has been to create an online petition and in just 6 hours, there are 93 supporters.  How fabulous is that?

We will be on the new tonight.  If you are in the London area or watch via the internet, then its ITV London News at around 1820.

If you would like to support the campaign, here’s the link:

https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/save-the-isleworth-park-road-allotments-from-redevelopment

This soup takes me back to right around this time last year when I was living on a farm in no man’s land Australia. The family I was living with ate a lot of meat and I am not the biggest of meat eaters, especially when dinner was the cute little goats or lambs you cradled earlier…it just wasn’t happening! I made huge batches of soup to freeze and defrost when it was necessary – and this one was my favourite! I was inspired from an old cookbook I found on the property which I think was called ‘Bowlfood – Soups’ but I’ve adapted the recipe quite a bit to my taste. 

Caramelized Onion and Parsnip Soup 

Ingredients 

• 3 tb. margarine ( I used two margarine and one olive oil) 
• 2 tb. brown sugar 
• 1 C. white wine
• 1 full box or 1L of vegetable broth 
• 3 large…