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Monthly Archives: May 2016
Lardon Chase
After saying bye bye to our YHA at Streatley-on-Thames this morning, it seemed fitting to have a closer look at some woods we had discovered on Sunday. We didn’t have a lot of time to explore but at last I … Continue reading
Posted in In the kitchen, Social
Tagged foraging, Lardon Chase, nettles, Streatley-on-Thames
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The River Thames
Goring, a village on the Thames this afternoon. Amazing wisteria! A local passing by as I took the above agreed – but the banks of the Thames were no less charming. Rapeseed gets everywhere. Boathouses less so. I didn’t know … Continue reading
‘Nature abhors a vacuum’
My original plan for the herb garden, once the hugel beds were in, was to use bricks to make a path between them. However, that hasn’t happened yet, so volunteer plants have been making their way to this patch of … Continue reading
View from the kitchen window
I learned on the PDC course that it was normal to have a dip in the weather about now, but I’m hoping that today will be the last of the chilly days. I do love my garden when it is … Continue reading
Clearing the path
Last year, between two of the stones that constitute the garden path, there was an interesting collection of plants: brambles, silver birch and dandelion. Needless to say, I didn’t plant any of them and didn’t want them there. At the … Continue reading
One tomato plant has had its day!
Last autumn, a tomato seedling appeared in a pot on my windowsill. No idea how it got there but, out of curiosity, I decided to let it grow to see what happened. The upshot was an occasional cherry tomato in … Continue reading
Dianthus (Sweet William)
I had run out of compost for seeds (my own is far too heavy and in any case none is ready at the moment), so I decided the next best thing was a bag from my local garden centre. And … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening
Tagged biennial plants, dianthus, recyclable packaging, sweet william
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Repurposing the repurposed
Officially, the last day for frost risk is 22 degrees Celsius in Leeds. Not sure if it is the same where I am but since the night time temperatures are predicted to be about 10 degrees over the next few … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening, Permaculture
Tagged pumpkins, self-sown vegetables, spring vegetables
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Three Sisters peeping through
The second attempt at courgettes seems to have been a fail, so I have sown some more in perhaps the vain hope of the third round germinating. On the other hand, I’m ever so pleased that the runner beans are … Continue reading
Time to get the net out
The mangetout I sowed indoors and then planted out after the ones sown in situ had started poking through the top of the milk cartons put over them as a cloche. So, even though the nights are still cool, feeling … Continue reading
Growing out of chaos 