June 2008

Hardly a Banksy

June 27, 2008
Hardly a Banksy

So, what do I do? Re-paint or leave?

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Gooseberry and Rhubarb Jam

June 21, 2008
Gooseberry and Rhubarb Jam

The kitchen waste bucket has been overflowing and Shakti was complaining that I haven’t collected hers for a while either and was in a similar state. Compost pressure forced me to get out of bed to go and fix the tyre on my bike so I could take the trailer on a neighbourhood sweep, collecting [...]

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Potato Tasting

June 18, 2008
Potato Tasting

I’ve given up on my first earlies for now, the slugs had their wicked way with the foliage and as a result hindered the tuber growth to pea sized proportions. All the other spuds appear to be getting back handers of performance enhancing drugs though so today I decided to start whipping them out. I [...]

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Sunbasked Garlic

June 15, 2008
Sunbasked Garlic

A lot of my crops have been cleared from the ground this month. I’ve just about eaten all the onions, both rows of broad beans have been scoffed and the remains have filled all three of my compost bins. The plot is looking bare but at least the garlic looks promising. The strawberries have gone [...]

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Month In Pictures – May

June 15, 2008
Month In Pictures - May
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Maternal Pride

June 10, 2008
Maternal Pride

I was leaning over the pond this evening, trying to reach the juicy alpine strawberries, when I spotted a big adult frog eyeballing me from the comfort of the pool. I was swelled with pride, as this strange beast had accepted lodgings in my pond. Now my eye was in though, I spotted 3 tiny [...]

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Sacrificial Caullis

June 7, 2008
Sacrificial Caullis

My squashes have not done at all well this year and if I don’t find myself buried under a glut of courgettes by mid Summer then I will have to declare myself an allotmenting failure. I didn’t help myself very much by sowing 7 year old seed as the germination rate has been exceptionally poor. [...]

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The First of the First Earlies

June 2, 2008
The First of the First Earlies

Thought I’d test the progress with the spuds today. There has been so much rain that I imagined whopping great sacks of juicy tubers sitting under the mounds of earth. My Mum had advised gently exploring the soil around the plant rather than digging the whole thing up but I didn’t find anything with my [...]

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