“Run from what’s comfortable. Forget safety. Live where you fear to live. Destroy your reputation. Be notorious. I have tried prudent planning long enough. From now on I’ll be mad.”
That’ve Botoxed ME up to the knees and armpits. My most hated Nemesis. Fricking nettles. They bite me every single time. Two days I’ve been battling them over 6ft tall bastards. Only just watched Static and this amazing piece by a policeman with a true heart and a conscience. Thank you, Mr Attic :o)
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My local garden centre is less than a minute’s drive away, with a good wind behind me as I go down the hill (!) As the image says. The family have been doing their thang since 1798. This is the same family that Crow’sEye Productions made a film about (previous posts) Anyway. They were bought […]
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Moving all my crap into the pigsty. Well. It was the pigsty/wood shed. But it was our first renovation. It became the bar/man cave. And yes. We’ve had some bloody good parties here but it’s been unused for the past 4 years. So. I’m making it MY potting shed/greenhouse/private space. Look at those big windows […]
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I’ve been a bit slow here. OK. Plan of attack. Get ruthless with the secateurs. All my black/red/white currant and gooseberry bushes have given up the ghost! They need a good prune. Also – the once glorious veg patch is now…just a mass of mess. Apart from the comfrey and roses and rhubarb. Maybe I […]
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OK. Sometimes yt works with me and not against me (?) I’ve just discovered Bealtaine Cottage. Yay ;o)
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The only thing that grew rampant in my veg patch were squash. I prefer Butternut Squash but all work here. Recipe : Big pan. Extra Virgin Olive Oil. Onion, diced. Garlic clove, bashed. Red pepper sliced and diced. Diced squash. Fry all gently with some garlic pepper until……. Add good quality veg/chicken stock. Throw in […]
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This is a fruit that I’ve come across MANY times in my historical research so I know a little bit about it. This is why I’ve always wanted to …taste…and grow medlars. I know that it has to be eaten rotten or bletted. Which – strangely – means that it goes rotten and the ripens […]
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OK. If I didn’t love this woman so much I’d have a huge falling out with her! I’ve now started shouting at Sarah through the TV. WHAT? All my faves in one recipe? How very dare you!! Feta. Olives. Cherry tomatoes. Capers. Olive oil. Thyme. And pitta bread. OH. And to makes things worse, milady. […]
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I first had homemade gazpacho in Spain when I was 17. And loved it. But that one was very garlicky and had ice cubes in. I’m kind of liking this recipe too. I saw it when first shown on TV but had forgotten – until just now :o) P.S. I’m not, in any way, shape […]
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There was I. Deep into something else and a new SR vid pops up. Bloody woman ! Tagetes. I was watching her past videos earlier and had forgotten the name of the marigolds that I usually plant in the veg patch. Grrrrrrr! Tulips today. Oh…done that one fam link :o(
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What for? The fact that we’ve had rain the past 3 days. Well. Soft April Showers. I actually said. Out Loud. It’s ALL my fault for buying seeds the other day Today I’m standing on the back doorstep with postie, who was delivering the….post, having a VERY serious conversation about the state of the world […]
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A macabre discovery in the All Saints’ parish graveyard leads Superintendent Alan Markby and his friend, foreign office official Meredith Mitchell, to the dark secret behind the mysterious disappearance of a teenage girl twelve years earlier. The vicar of Bamford, Maurice Appleton, knew he was a dying man. When he discovered traces of a strange, […]
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