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29 January 2008
My girls’ weekend was just the ticket – relaxing, riotous and fun. One of the great things about the weekend (aside from the company and the world’s largest onion bhajis) was having the opportunity and the inclination to play with my camera again. I am still trying to decide which lens I am [...]
Filed under: Mulch, Photo projects — Clare @ 5:21 pm
25 January 2008
For the same reason as last year…
Filed under: Mulch — Clare @ 4:41 pm
21 January 2008
The third Monday in January is officially the most depressing day of the year. Plus, since about 2005 this sad fact has always made the news so for those of us who wake up to radio alarms, the transition from sleep to wakefulness is heralded by John Humphries pretty much telling us that we [...]
Filed under: Mulch — Clare @ 6:29 pm
19 January 2008
The other day I popped out to the garden to do a little tidying up and to check out how things are coming along. The garlic and onions are looking stonkingly good and I can hardly wait for spring to arrive so I can start to fill the beds with other wonderful things. [...]
Filed under: Wildlife — Clare @ 6:08 pm
18 January 2008
All this week I have been making myself fresh juice for breakfast. It’s a zingy accompaniment to my bran flakes and yoghurt that helps to brighten up the murky mornings we get at this time of year. I like mixing up a variety of fruit and vegetables but usually starting with grapefruit and [...]
Filed under: Mulch — Clare @ 11:26 am
16 January 2008
For some time I have been planning to grow jerusalem artichokes in one of the perennial beds in the new potager. I’ve heard so much about them and thought they sounded intriguing and delicious. Until recently, however, I had never tasted them and I wasn’t about to order something to take up space [...]
Filed under: Review & plan — Clare @ 4:57 pm
4 January 2008
In the run up to Christmas we received several large parcels and packages through the post. One of the most exciting of the bunch was the box of seed potatoes I had previously ordered from the Organic Seed Catalogue. As always, I have far too many – 8kg in total. I can [...]
Filed under: Mulch — Clare @ 10:59 am
2 January 2008
I can feel myself begin to emerge from my end of year blog hibernation (I think I might actually make it official next year, hang a sign on the front page saying ‘closed for sleep’ and not kid myself that I will have anything to say for the whole of November and December) and the [...]
Filed under: Mulch — Clare @ 10:20 pm