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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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Allotment Update
Okay, I think we’re all in need of an allotment update aren’t we?! Swiss Chard β middling. Growing but itβs getting a lot of attention from the pigeons. Unwanted attention from my point of view. Asparagus β good this year … Continue reading
Posted in Growing things
Tagged allotment, asparagus, beetroot, blackberries, broad beans, carrots, cornflowers, dahlias, fruit, gardening, grow your own, growing, marigolds, Monty Don, nasturtiums, new potatoes, perpetual onions, pigeons, pumpkins, rudbeckia, salad, slugs, strawberries, summer, summer holidays, sweet williams, sweetpeas, swiss chard, tomatoes, update, vegetables, Wales
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Cloudburst
Yesterday evening, from the back door, I watched a cloudburst of summer rain fall. The door was wide open to let the steam out of the kitchen. Big Dreamer had a vat of bubbling jam on the hob. It was … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Growing things
Tagged allotment, august, blackberries, choir, cut flowers, dahlias, flowers, fruit, grow your own, Hannah Foley, jam, name lables, new term, plums, rudbeckia, school uniform, summer, summer rain, sweet peas
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Veg patch update
Little Owl did very well in both her performances this week. We’ll be singing the songs to Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat for some time to come. I was completely mobbed on the Hook-A-Duck stall at the school summer … Continue reading
Posted in Growing things, Illustration
Tagged beans, blackcurrants, courgettes, fruit, gooseberries, illustration, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat, lettuce, parent's evening, peas, pumpkins, raspberries, school play, school summer fete, sorrel, spinach, sports day, sweet peas, tomatoes, vegetable patch
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Rain
Here is a little illustration I did of the greengrocers on the high street. They have a great range of local fruit and vegetables. I’m enjoying taking mealtime inspiration from the seasonal treats they have in stock. We had some … Continue reading
Posted in Growing things, Illustration
Tagged apples, beetroot, fruit, gardening, greengrocers, local, neighbours, peas, rain, seedlings, spinach, stokes, vegetables
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