Tag Archives: rats

Euphorbia

Posted on December 25, 2017 by

Christmas has felt most peculiar this year. Perhaps it is because we had our big lunch with Granny and Granddad yesterday and in the same day I booked a cookery class for my birthday next year! In any case, my … Continue reading →

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Homemade bonemeal

Posted on December 20, 2017 by

If you’re vegetarian or vegan, the idea of buying bones for stock and then bashing them into bonemeal might make you feel sick. Once upon a time, I was a vegetarian and certainly I wouldn’t have been able to do … Continue reading →

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Rethinking the bokashi

Posted on December 11, 2017 by

For almost three years, I’ve been using a bokashi bin to ferment all manner of food waste for use as fertiliser in the garden. There is no doubt under normal circumstances that the contents of the bin become excellent compost … Continue reading →

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A rat in the hugel bed

Posted on December 4, 2017 by

Two years ago around Christmastime, a rat decided to dig a tunnel into the compost bin. I therefore moved the bin and the rat disappeared. This year, there were again the telltale signs of a rat digging into the bin, … Continue reading →

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Not deep enough

Posted on August 2, 2017 by

This evening, when I checked in the raised bed I made the other day, I noticed what I suspected might happen (but which I optimistically hoped wouldn’t). Namely, an animal had been digging. I know what the attraction was: the … Continue reading →

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The rise and fall of the leaf

Posted on October 29, 2016 by

First, the current success: The lettuce are doing well at the moment. As with the onions, I have been deliberating over the necessity of a cloche. In a few nights the night time temperatures are expected to drop to three … Continue reading →

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Light after 4 p.m.

Posted on January 18, 2016 by

I’d been meaning to get out in the garden today but somehow during school hours the time flew by before I could find my gloves and a trowel. Actually, I didn’t realise I would need a trowel until I got … Continue reading →

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