Tag: Home grown
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Tomatoes, flowers & a new Grandson ๐ฅฐ
Monday 22nd August 2022: A fairly nondescript kind of day as far as the weather went, not too hot, not too cold, not too sunny, not too rainy. We did have a tiny smattering of rain but nothing worth writing home about, could have done with a bit more to be honest. Once the morning…
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Workshops, meetings and finally some rain ๐ง
Monday 9th May 2022: Woah what a full on morning I have had this morning. First though, after I published the blog yesterday afternoon we had a situation. John shouted, you better come out here the goose is not well, itโs backside is hanging out ๐ I go out and sure enough the goose had…
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Mid Summer, a rotten cold & a missing cat, again!!
Monday 21st June 2021, Summer Solstice: The birds will all be kept in today and possibly tomorrow and the day after that, actually for as long as needs be, I am hoping the foxes will move on and be a problem for someone else and that they manage to get them dealt with because so…
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Micro veg masterclass, pricking out & the first crop harvests of the year.
Monday 15th March 2021: Itโs Florenceโs 3rd birthday today ๐ it is such a terrible shame that we have not been able to spend the time with all our grandchildren the way we would want to ๐ hopefully this coming summer we can make up for lost, precious time. March 15th is synonymous with โbeware…
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Seeds, avian flu & an amazing sunrise.
Monday 9th November 2020: First thing this morning I have a repeat blood test as my last lot are showing low leucocytes again ๐ That means increased risk of infection so I need to be a bit careful. Last night I was reading that the house sparrow is on the red list for conservation which…
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Darker nights, Halloween and another lockdown.
Monday 26th October 2020: Having been somewhat absent from the outside last week I thought I had better do a few bits today. But first there was a cake to cook and jelly to make for the VIPs, chocolate cake today as requested by Josh and strawberry jelly this week. I got some dusting and…
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A bank holiday, a new month & the same routines ๐
Monday 31st August, Bank Holiday: Busy in the front area today, finishing planting bits in the front border, off to the garden centre to get a few more plants ๐ and then begin to dig out the plants in planters on the other side near the front of the house as thatโs the next area…
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Plums, Lammas & plenty of produce ๐
Apologies for the lateness of this we are still having problems with the landline and internet and uploading is difficult ๐คช Monday 27th July 2020: Itโs wet this morning and we have had some terrific downpours over the weekend, great for the garden not so great for getting outside ๐ The phonline saga still continues…
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Hatchlings, home baking and mint jelly.
Monday 23rd April: St Georgeโs day ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Noticeably cooler today than the record temperatures of last week, I for one am glad itโs cooler and more like proper spring temperatures ๐ I did the morning rounds and then spent three hours trying to sort out some tax issues for the old company, I have been…
