Kind of Blue
I recently overheard someone say to a friend "thank you for those blueberry plants: we had more than we could eat".
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nd I couldn't stop thinking I wanted more blueberries than I could eat. I'd dismissed the...
Pickled Eggs
Once again we have eggs coming out of our ears. Our ladies are regularly laying four a day which soon adds up!
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y Lovely Husband and I are also on a diet so our usual fall-back position of Victoria Sponge a...
Timber!
We have some lovely mature trees in our garden which are full of twittering birds and give the garden plenty of "vertical interest". Two of them are huge cherry trees which stand at ten metres.
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don't think...
Winter Berries
Christmas is over and the fairy lights that lent a little sparkle will soon be back in the loft. Now the garden really has to work to lure us to the window let alone outside.
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hat you need, according to the...
Tulips
Last May we visited the National Trust property Attingham Hall in Shropshire. The tulip display was in full bloom. The walled garden has been renovated and the tulips took pride of place.
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was inspired and t...
Fiddly Fennel
I began my first vegetable garden in 2001. Everything grew like topsy and I had a bumper harvest. It was definitely Beginner's Luck - especially when it came to Florence Fennel.
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hey were beautiful fleshy ...
Spring Chickens!
Well summer really. We were down to two hens after Bianca died in the spring and decided it was time to get some more.
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e bought Pepper and Jet from the same poultry supplier as before because they have a g...
Bumper Spuds
Every year I seek the perfect salad potato. It's my holy grail.
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t seems that every variety I grow is inevitably floury rather than retaining that firm, waxy texture that works so much better in a potato sa...
If You Build It…
... they will come! Last October I repaired a bug hotel and nailed it to the back of the garage.
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was prompted to do this because the leaf-cutter bees had been chobbling half-moon chunks out of my Dogwoods....
Viticulture
Turn your back on a grape vine and it will lose all sense of decorum.
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ine is Happy as Larry scampering up the back of the garage but left to its own devices I think it would be half way down the High Street...