gardening

Tea on the Plot

June 25, 2010
Tea on the Plot

We took a mid-week opportunity to visit the plot to tend to the runner beans that have been causing me some anxiety. For some reason our beans are turning crinkly and growing in an ugly branched fashion. I initially thought they had been caught by a cold spell but I’ve been growing them in succession [...]

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Mid-May Plot Tour

May 23, 2010
Mid-May Plot Tour

Here’s a quick whizz around the plot on a hot day in May. The peaches are coming on a treat, the spuds bounced back from the frost check, beans are ready for the risotto and the fox is getting cheeky.

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Transferring the Peach in Severe Adverse Weather

December 21, 2009
Transferring the Peach in Severe Adverse Weather

While Lynn snuck out of bed to source cups of tea and toast, I churned out image after image of Gripple circuitry. I’d woken with a plan in my head and as an ever ready kind of a Scout, I just happen to keep a pad of grid paper by the bed for this sort [...]

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Fungal Induced Abstinence (In Search of Chip Butties)

September 2, 2009
Fungal Induced Abstinence (In Search of Chip Butties)

Mushrooms are tricky critters. The line between deadly poisonous and delightfully edible is a vague and fluffy one. Take the Common or Shaggy Ink Cap as an example, classified in some quarters as an excellent edible it also takes centre stage on our poster of “Some Poisonous Fungi” and is tagged as “dangerous when consumed [...]

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Marrow Jam

August 27, 2009
Marrow Jam

I’ve been coveting the great round marrow for at least a month, collating assorted round marrow recipes and gathering together the necessary ingredients for marrow jam. I’ve never tried marrow jam but my Dad informs me that it’s “evocative” and the whole notion made the kids squeal with such horror that I just had to [...]

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