October 2008

Identification Challenge

October 13, 2008
Identification Challenge

My parents visited again this weekend and while I was spoiling myself with another half marathon attempt, they were perusing the seed aisles at Wisley. Here’s my share of their finds: It’s a pack of 10 assorted yet edible Italian squashes. The seeds were packed together so there was hours of fun trying to identify [...]

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Month in Pictures – September 08

October 13, 2008
Month in Pictures - September 08

It was a bit of a struggle to find enough for photos for Septembers month in pictures. What a wash out it’s been. I’ve hardly made it to the plot at all this month. I’ve started saving a few seeds and amazingly some of them have even dried out enough for storing. In the specimen [...]

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Honey Beer and Onions

October 1, 2008
Honey Beer and Onions

The weekend was a scorcher, which was a blessing as I had quite a few onion sets to plant. I arrived thinking I had a fairly big job on my hands trying to find a home for about 200 onions but when I opened the padded envelope and ripped open 1 of the 3 sacks [...]

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