Category: Garden
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Another excellent day
John came round for an excursion and the beauty of the sunlight led to us first standing in the courtyard puzzling at the things we could see, so then we had to take a walk around the field as well. When he first visited, I wasn’t sure how frail he was so i hadn’t pushed…
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More swallows
There just seems to be more and more swallows every day at the moment, it’s so great watching them wheel around in the sky. They were teasing the poor buzzard again too 🙂
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Hedgerow jelly recipe
1 kilo crabapple 1 kilo mixed berries eg goose / black / blackcurrant / rasp / plum 1 kilo sugar water Wash crabapples and chop roughly, not necessary to core or peel Wash berries, put with crabapples in a pan, cover with water, boil then simmer. Stir to mix it all up and make it…
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Seed saving
I am bad at this but I am trying. Current plan is to get lots of seeds into envelopes for spring … Sounds easy but it’s finding the time and also the motivation. Ha!
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Blackcurrant cordial
An easy one this: Pick the currants and wash Cover with water and heat When boiling add an apt amount of sugar and mix in. Bottle in sterilised or fridge bound containers
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Dragonfly
Just as I started researching whether you can buy dragonflies in, as you can do with bees (seems weird but), I saw an indigenous one over at the barn. YES! As well as being beyond beautiful, they eat clegs. A match made in heaven.
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27
27C today!
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Seed tatties
I be harvesting my tatties!! Dunno what sort since in the end I got annoyed with my dithering and planted loads of types all at once. Having harvested a portion, I can confirm they are tasty! Some red, some white, all roasters. Apart perhaps from the pirate ones…. Speaking of pirates, I have decided to…
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Wednesday
Still noticing more branches stuck in trees 🙁 My fave aspen is looking thrawn 🙁 Went round trimming broom this morning, noticing sapling support is needed. To do this afternoon: Potatoes – done Thistle chop – done Rake drive – still Chainsaw – nope Builders bag empty – done Shop – tomoro Fix my fckn…
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Florissed
Blimey! Storm Floris blew in Monday and caused a load of damage round these parts. 134 mph winds recorded at the top of Cairn Gorm!? I mean that’s a mountain top, but still. No trees up there, plenty round here where speeds were prob 70 mph. Quite a lot came down and im also noticing…