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Category Archives: Growing things
Little Owl to the rescue
Yesterday the sun was shining (it’s not now!) so we headed out into the garden. Big Dreamer mowed the lawn and I made the brave choice of planting many of my seedlings out. It felt an even braver move after our … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Growing things, Illustration
Tagged birds, gardening, house, lawn, Little Owl, mowing, seedlings, worms
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Purple Sprouting Brocolli
Here is some of my purple-sprouting broccoli which I have allowed to flower. I think it’s so pretty. I love that combination of pale yellow with the dusky purple. I had kind of given up on the purple-sprouting broccoli to … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Growing things
Tagged biennials, illustration, purple-sprouting broccoli, twin lamb disease
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Not a word!
Not a word. I don’t want to hear one single word from any of you about the snow that is currently falling over Scotland. Honestly, it’s April for goodness sake. I thought I had it covered…moles, rabbits, slugs! Our next … Continue reading
Fortress building
Here’s what I got up to today. As you can see from my sketchbook I’d been hatching this plan for a while! It’s all about keeping the competition out. First of all, choice of crop. Broad beans appear surprisingly frost … Continue reading
Posted in Growing things, Illustration
Tagged broad beans, fortress, mice, moles, rabbits, slugs
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Plants
My Dad loves to give away plants. If he’s got multiples, can split a root, or take a cutting, it’s yours. Often the plant arrives as a thin stick with one lone leaf if you’re lucky, but shove it in … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Growing things
Tagged cuttings, dad, gardening, gardens, generous, give-away, illustration, manure, plants
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Wheeeeee!
We bought Little Owl a swing for her birthday. It isn’t actually her birthday for a little while but Big Dreamer and I are rubbish at keeping secrets. Big Dreamer put it together today and Little Owl is pleased as … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Growing things, Illustration
Tagged birthday, broad beans, cosmos, Little Owl, potatoes, secrets, seedlings, sweet peas, swing
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Things that don’t work out
The world of illustration is a funny one in that sometimes things just don’t work out. The illustrator does lots of work but the project just doesn’t quite come together and the illustrations are never seen. Here is an example … Continue reading
Posted in Growing things, Illustration
Tagged daffodils, garlic, illustration, spring, thermals
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Icy mornings
This weekend has been really cold and we have woken to thick hoar frosts covering the valley. Here are some of the wonderful ice formations we have found around about us. The days have … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Family and friends, Growing things
Tagged birds, bulbs, hoar frost, ice, icicles, illustration, winter
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Garlic
Big Dreamer was given some garlic to plant in the garden by a friend at work, so we put it in the veg patch yesterday afternoon. The wind had died down a bit and the sun had come out but … Continue reading
Posted in Growing things, Illustration
Tagged FibreFest, fleece, gardening, garlic
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A quick wander round the garden this morning revealed that the first frost of this winter had wiped out the hydrangea, the nasturtiums and the sweet peas. Goodbye to them for another year. Here are some editorial illustrations I did … Continue reading
