Monthly Archives: August 2015

The last day in August 2015

Posted on August 31, 2015 by Helen

If memory serves me correctly, this time last year I wrote a similarly titled post about the garden on the approach to autumn. The main difference, apart from more wrinkles (me) and being an inch taller (my daughter), is that … Continue reading →

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The wasp and the pumpkin

Posted on August 30, 2015 by Helen

I was feeling a bit sleepy this morning and so was on the verge of going back to bed when I thought of having a quick walk round the garden.  Yesterday, I had noted that there was a female pumpkin … Continue reading →

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I thought they were peppers

Posted on August 29, 2015 by Helen

Earlier in the year, I started off a number of different vegetables. Some labelled rather haphazardly but I worked out in the end what I was growing, I thought. So, to my delight there seemed to be a large number … Continue reading →

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Cabbage for lunch

Posted on August 28, 2015 by Helen

This morning, it was time to clean the filter in the vacuum cleaner. A job I dislike because of all the water it consumes. However, three buckets full of it no doubt did the veggies some good.   Whilst carrying … Continue reading →

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Cauliflowers in their cage

Posted on August 26, 2015 by Helen

Last year, just about all my cauliflowers got nibbled by something or simply perished. This year, on the other hand, I made sure I started them off early and put them in the ground when they were already robust seedlings. … Continue reading →

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This year’s tomatoes

Posted on August 24, 2015 by Helen

I had it in my head that I didn’t have many tomato plants this year. But then I took a photo of them all and I’ve actually got eight, though I’m only going to show you seven of them, as … Continue reading →

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New blog: the resilient home

Posted on August 24, 2015 by Helen

In the early hours of this morning, I woke up thinking about work. Grr! To soothe myself back to sleep, I therefore read some blog posts, one of which was about running out of space on WordPress. Now, I am … Continue reading →

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No more water worries?

Posted on August 23, 2015 by Helen

Last night, I came home to a greenhouse that was on its last legs. We were in the middle of a thunderstorm and the water had started to pool in the roof. The weight of this had then snapped the … Continue reading →

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Blossom end rot

Posted on August 22, 2015 by Helen

I arrived home from a night away in the middle of a thunder storm this evening. I love thunder storms and would normal just soak up the atmosphere but duty called. The garden needed investigating. As quite a lot of … Continue reading →

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Contrasting the seasons

Posted on August 21, 2015 by Helen

Earlier this morning, the penny dropped with regard to pinning blog posts to Pinterest. So, whilst merrily getting on with that, I enjoyed looking through my WordPress files, taking a trip down memory lane and all that. This brought me … Continue reading →

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