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Spuds
Around this time of year my Instagram feed fills with pictures of chitting potatoes from like-minded grow-your-own-ers. I love it! So here’s mine, and my treasure trove, box of seeds. I had a go at collecting quite a few of … Continue reading
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Tagged chitting, Duke of York, grow your own, January, potatoes, saving seed, seeds, spring, spuds
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September wobbles
The start of the new school term now, usually finds me down at the allotment, lighting a fire for the weed pile. I always feel a bit wobbly at this time of year, my children making their way out into … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Growing things
Tagged allotment, children's author, collecting seeds, digging, emotions, feelings, fire, fruit, green manure, growing, Hannah Foley, manure, new term, new year's resolutions, parenting, school, seeds, spring, vegetables
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Potatoes
Every window and door in the house is open as I type this. Is it hot with you? I got very red in the face digging up the last of my new potatoes at the allotment. There were rumours of … Continue reading
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Tagged allotment, blight, devon, district nurse, end-of-term present, grow your own, heat wave, new potatoes, NHS, school, sports day, summer fayre, teacher, vegetables
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Bouquet
To cut a very long story short, we are on day eight of cooking on a camping stove and washing up at the outside tap. The kitchen fitters who were supposed to be installing our new kitchen had to isolate … Continue reading
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Tagged allotment, camping stove, cornflowers, COVID-19, cut flowers, hospital, isolation, kitchen, new kitchen, outside tap
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May Day
Today is May Day or Beltane, the traditional British festival in celebration of the coming of summer. Between now and Midsummer – a time of elves, faeries and magic – I’ll be writing a series of posts celebrating the folktales … Continue reading
Posted in Growing things, Making changes
Tagged author, Avery Buckle, beltane, blossom, cherry blossom, children's books, class, elves, faeries, feminism, folk tales, Hannah Foley, kelpies, landscape, magic, may, May Day, middle grade fiction, Midsummer, morality, The Spellbinding Secret of Avery Buckle, witches, writer
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One day…
That mysterious door has continued to put in appearances all over the country and the world over the last week. This morning it was spotted at Kelpies HQ which can only mean one thing… The Spellbinding Secret of Avery Buckle … Continue reading
Posted in Growing things, Making changes
Tagged adventure, author, Avery Buckle, cats, children's books, front door, Hannah Foley, interview, kelpies, magic, middle grade fiction, My Book Corner, Q & A, review, roaring reads, scotland, The Spellbinding Secret of Avery Buckle, witches, writer
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Steam and song
On Sunday, bubbling pans on the hob, we had the kitchen windows open to let out the steam. A soft rain fell outside, the gentle putter of the falling drops punctuating by the occasional ding of a larger drop hitting … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Growing things, Making changes, Wildlife
Tagged 2021, bike ride, birdsong, blackbird, blue tit, Covid, COVID-19, cycling, daffodils, lockdown, nature, rain, river, spring, vaccinations
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Seed plans
Well, what I really want to know is, what are you doing about seeds this year? My favourite little Welsh seed company has been overwhelmed by orders, and due to social distancing in the seed packing sheds, can’t take any … Continue reading
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Tagged allotment, chitting, COVID-19, dad advice, dahlias, flowers, garden planning, gardening, grow your own, potatoes, sarah raven, saving seed, seed orders, seed planning, seed potatoes, seeds, vegetables
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Cutting back
Chopping the washing line in half really wasn’t part of my plan when I went out to cut the honeysuckle back!
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Tagged cutting back, evergreen honeysuckle, gardening, gardening accidents, gardening plans, honeysuckle, pruning, shears, washing line, winter
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Homework
Little Owl looked up from her homework the other evening, “Did you know Edward the Confessor died with no hair?” “Really? Wow, that’s interesting…” A long silence as I registered what she’d said. “No hair? That’s a funny fact to … Continue reading
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Tagged allotment, cosmos, Edward the Confessor, flashcards, hair, heir, homework, learning to read, maths, mum, parenting, phonics, sh, sounds, verbena
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