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Monthly Archives: February 2020
ShareWaste
Through Leeds Rotters Composting Champions, I have come across a nationwide scheme to help build soil and grow food. This scheme, ShareWaste, brings together people who have food waste to donate and people who would love to compost it. The … Continue reading
Posted in Good for the environment, Social, soil management
Tagged composting, food waste, Freegle, ShareWaste
20 Comments
Fat for the birds
A couple of weeks ago, I decided it was time to make some fat balls for the garden birds. But have you ever tried to do this? At first, it seemed straightforward enough, mixing the seeds into the fat on … Continue reading
Between the floods and the flowers
On the way to York on Wednesday, my daughter exclaimed ‘Look at the fields!’ With crochet in hand, there was no time to put it down and find my phone for a photograph, so the nearest image to illustrate the … Continue reading
Posted in Crafts, Days out
Tagged Asgard, floods, Merchant Adventurer’s Hall, Nålebinding
11 Comments
A hellebore flower
Have hellebores become fashionable this year or have I just noticed people talking about them for the first time? One of my colleagues was telling me her garden is full of them, all different flower colours and size stems. In … Continue reading
An impulse purchase
I didn’t think archery would be on at The Crooked Billet this morning, it being a bit on the windy side. That said, it was calm when we left the house, so it seemed reasonable to take a look. If … Continue reading
Posted in Days out, Pond and bog garden
Tagged Pikes’ pond plants, The Crooked Billet, water hawthorn, waterweed
8 Comments
Cordon bleu
We have been lucky today. The rain has been light and intermittent. The wind only started to get up once we were heading home. Neither stopped me pondering over the front garden as I unloaded the car. I had noticed … Continue reading
At it again!
After a lull in crocheting, for wont of something to make, I hit upon the idea of pots for the kalanchoe I took to the office. The colleague who I share the office with is also a keen gardener and … Continue reading
Not quite such a damp squib
This morning, I woke up to rain but when I looked out the French doors at the back it was reasonably light and the wind seemed bearable. As I had just offered a lady on Freegle most of my collection … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening, Good for the environment, Social
Tagged Freegle, garden shed, plant pots
11 Comments
The continuing battle against the unwanted
With spring making its mark on the garden in unexpected ways (eg tulips popping up now!), I was curious to see what was going on right at the back. And the little trip up there bore fruit, so to speak. … Continue reading
Posted in forest garden, Gardening
Tagged crocosmia, day lilies, ground elder, wild garlic
2 Comments
February observations
For the first time in a month, I have felt like thinking about the garden. And once it got light this morning, I first wanted to get a good look at the daffodils which are coming up round the gooseberry … Continue reading
Posted in forest garden, Pond and bog garden
Tagged daffodils, gooseberry bush, snakeshead fritillary
12 Comments