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Autumn jobs
I’ve been feeling pretty smug over the last couple of days. We got two really satisfying jobs done. The forecast for cold weather at the end of this week made me get in our bird feeders and give them a … Continue reading
Posted in Growing things, Illustration
Tagged autumn, bird feeder, birds, hyacinth bulbs, illustration, itchy skin
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Odd spuds
Is this the weirdest looking potato? I wish we’d unearthed it in time for the village horticultural show. We’d definitely have won the best vegetable monster prize with it. We’ve had a great crop from our rubble sacks. I love … Continue reading
Posted in Growing things
Tagged fairies, funny shapes, horticultural show, illustration, potato, rubble sacks, thistles, vegetable monster competition
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Garlic
This evening was golden as the sun set. The hills were purple and bronze with heather. Coming back later on from a friend’s house, through dark windy lanes, rabbits and mice scattered to the verges in the beam of my … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Family and friends, Growing things
Tagged beans, devon, evening, family, far away, friends, garlic, harvest, heather, illustration, peas, visitors
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Slow worm
I am sat in my Mum and Dad’s conservatory with the doors wide open. The evening is hot and still. The sky is tinted pink by the setting sun. What a contrast to Scotland. Although, Big Dreamer does tell me … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Growing things, Wildlife
Tagged evening, hot, illustration, paddling, raspberries, sea, slow worms, sun
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Broad Beans
Some seeds in our garden have completely failed to germinate this year. I’ve not seen hide nor hair of the beetroot, courgettes, or pumpkins. The odd spinach and lettuce has come up but nothing compared to last year. In contrast, … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, Growing things
Tagged beetroot, broad beans, catherine mason, chickweed, courgettes, gardening, illustration, lettuce, manure, peas, pumpkins, rabbits, seeds, spinach, strawberries, vegetable heaven, vegetables
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Sodden fields
Little Owl and I crossed sodden fields to Toddler Group this morning. I carried her over large stretches where the water was deep enough to engulf her wellies. The long grass looked beautiful delicately peppered with glimmering droplets until I … Continue reading
Posted in Growing things
Tagged beer traps, coffee granules, egg shells, illustration, jeremy vine show, rain, shells, slug pellets, slugs, toddler group, wet
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Aunty Elemee
Yesterday Little Owl and I had a visit from our friend Emily (Elemee to Little Owl). We went for a wander down by the river and there was a plethora of wild flowers to see. Many of our old friends … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Family and friends, Growing things, Illustration, Wildlife
Tagged aunty emily, bluebells, common centaury, corn marigolds, greater stitchwort, illustration, river side, water avens, white comfrey, wild flowers, woodland
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Weevil
One of the ironies of this magnificent country Scotland is that it is mostly cold and windy, then when the sun shines the midgies come out. If you haven’t heard of these nasty biting insects I can’t convey in words … Continue reading
Posted in Growing things, Illustration
Tagged black vine weevils, gardening, illustration, midgies, peas, pests, pot plants, scottish weather, sunshine
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Invitation
Here’s a wedding invitation I designed a while a go for a lovely couple I know. The invitations have just been sent out and it’s great to see them all printed up. It was the valley horticultural society coffee morning … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Growing things, Illustration
Tagged coffee morning, horticultural society, illustration, plants, village, wedding invitation
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