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Autumn chores
My arch enemies, the rabbits, had dug a big new hole under one of the pine trees at the end of our garden. Yes, actually inside the garden! The new burrow looked quite similar to Peter Rabbit’s burrow under the … Continue reading
Beetroot recipes
It is still blustery and showery here today. I watched two buzzards circling each other on the thermals. They looked majestic against the dark brooding sky. I have been meaning to blog about beetroot for a while. Vegetable growers are … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, Growing things, Illustration
Tagged baked tarts, beetroot, coleslaw, dips, recipes, vegetables
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A blustery day
What a blustery day! I’ve just rescued a duvet cover from the wood at the bottom of the garden. I’ve decided it’s safer to dry it over the bannisters than on the washing line. Autumn is definitely here. Little Owl … Continue reading
Posted in Growing things, Illustration
Tagged illustration, runners, strawberries, windy weather
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So many shows so little time!
Here is a sketch of some of the carrots Little Owl and I pulled up from our garden the other day. Aren’t they wonderful shapes? Who could eat straight ones after seeing these?! The carroty smell as we unearthed them … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Growing things
Tagged Alvin Sputnik, bagpuss, carrots, edinburgh fringe, glasses, hugh grant, illustration, notting hill, telescope
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Pests
This evening I have been watching the rooks coming in to roost across the still evening sky. Today we dug up half the potatoes in the vegetable patch only to find that something had gnawed and chewed its way through … Continue reading
Posted in Growing things, Wildlife
Tagged illustration, mice, mole repellants, moles, pests, rabbits, rooks, slugs
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Home-grown Potatoes
It has been a beautiful moody Borders morning here. Little Owl and I drove over the moor for Toddler Group, rattling over the cattle grids and dodging sheep. The sun shone through gaps in the clouds, flitting over the landscape. … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, Family and friends, Growing things
Tagged borders, kerrs pink, moor, potatoes, rubble sacks, toddler group
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Pia’s Competition No.2
Here is the second instalment of Pia’s competition. It’s a bit of holiday fun to remind her of Scotland but you can join in too. Where is this in Edinburgh? It’s quite a tricky one so I’ll give you a … Continue reading
Living with an international assassin
We have spent the day in the garden digging, planting and watering. All the doors and windows were flung open and Little Owl toddled in and out getting progressively grubbier. Living on a farm the warm weather brings flies and … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Family and friends, Growing things
Tagged flies, gardening, international assassins
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Running Beans
Over the last few weeks Little Owl and I have turned our house into a nursery for seedlings. Every inch of available space within growing reach of sunlight is covered in little newspaper pots full of germinating (we hope!) seeds. … Continue reading
