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Monthly Archives: September 2015
Ploughing Match
Last Sunday a low mist swallowed up the end of our garden. Gradually the sun rose and burnt it away to reveal one of those perfect September days, sunny and fresh. We took the opportunity to attend a local ploughing … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, Countryside
Tagged agricultural mechanisation, agriculture, countryside, devon, horse-drawn plough, illustration, ploughing match, shire horses, tractors
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Pumpkin problems
Something has been eating our pumpkins! We had a prize specimen of which we were very proud. It was getting fatter by the day and turning a fabulous golden orange. But one day it had some teeth marks in it … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Growing things, Illustration, Wildlife
Tagged anti-squirrel spray, gardening, illustration, pests, pumpkins, squirrels, vaseline, veg patch, vegetables, windowsill
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September
The festivity that occupies the majority of Steve Roud’s chapter on September in his book, The English Year, is Harvest Festival. We have some friends who lived for a while in America and every year they celebrate Thanksgiving. While I’m … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Wildlife
Tagged apples, autumn, autumn migration, butcher, christmas, corn, corn dollies, custard, geese, giving thanks, goose, harvest, harvest festival, Harvest Pudding, harvest rituals, harvest supper, hedgerows, hogweed, itching powder, local, Michaelmas, pagan fertility rites, rose hips, september, steam pudding, Stephen Moss, steve roud, teasels, thankfulness, Thanksgiving, the english year, wheat, Wild Hares and Hummingbirds, willow herb
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Blossom End Rot
Things have gone very wrong with our tomatoes. We’ve had tons but the majority are marked by the same brown rash. It’s called Blossom End Rot. It’s a physiological problem caused by a lack of calcium getting to the fruit. … Continue reading
Posted in Growing things
Tagged beef tomatoes, Blossom End Rot, calcium, cherry tomatoes, deficiency, gardening, green tomato chutney, tomatoes, vegetables, wet august
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Leftovers
Finch is at the stage where he wants to have a go at feeding himself and it’s a messy business. For someone like me, with a strong food waste conscience, it’s just about unbearable to watch. We spread a big … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Illustration, Wildlife
Tagged animal poo, baby, feeding himself, food waste, hedgehog, hedgehog poo, illustration, learning to feed self, oilcloth, parenting, self-feeding, wildlife
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Variation
Hanging out the washing in the morning there’s a definite freshness to the air that wasn’t there a week or so ago. On a walk in the hills above our house this weekend we spotted an enormous painted lady butterfly … Continue reading
Expecting…again!
There is only one word for last week and that is NOROVIRUS. I’ll say no more. It was awful. This morning Little Owl returned to school, every possible surface name-labeled except her forehead. I’m now sat at my desk with … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Family and friends, Wildlife
Tagged autumn, countryside rangers, fish, illustration, new term, norovirus, paddling, primary school, rockpool ramble, school, seaside, shrimps, snails
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