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An acorn
Finch stuck a perfect golden acorn to his bedroom door with blue tack. Right in the middle, where his nose might hit the door, if he didn’t stop to open it. He didn’t say a thing about it. It just … Continue reading
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Tagged acorn, allotment, christmas, festive preparations, growing, nuthatch, treehouse, wren
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Growing
Just after I signed off from the blog I had news I could reveal the cover of my latest book, The Tiger Who Sleeps Under My Chair, so here it is in case you missed it on Twitter and Instagram. The … Continue reading
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Tagged allotment, author, beetroot, blackberries, children's books, Claire Ratinon, climate change, cornflowers, cover reveal, crops, deadlines, devon, drought, environment, family, grow your own, growing, Jessie Price, Jurassic coast, Lucy Rose, managing time, Mauritius, mental health, mental illness, pollinators, proof, Rashmi Sirdeshpande, resolutions, Riverford, sewage, soil, spinning plates, summer, summer of sewage, The Tiger Who Sleeps Under My Chair, time, Unearthed, Wales, writing, Zephyr Books
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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 – middling. Growing but it’s getting a lot of attention from the pigeons. Unwanted attention from my point of view. Asparagus – good this year … Continue reading
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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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A single spear
I hope you all had a lovely Easter and got to enjoy some of the sunshine. We headed up to Yorkshire and sweltered in our woolly jumpers, entirely unprepared for the heatwave. We had a great time but at the … Continue reading
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Tagged allotment, asparagus, bank holiday, easter, gardening, grow your own, growing, heatwave, jumpers, seedlings, vegetables
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Sorbus
Here is an old piece of work I found when rummaging recently. Isn’t it funny to look back and see how your work changes? I’m not altogether sure how I feel about it. There’s an odd discomfort in looking at … Continue reading
Posted in Growing things, Illustration, Making changes
Tagged autumn spire, blackberries, creative journey, declining wildlife, flagpole cherry, gardening, growing, half term, Hannah Foley, harvest mouse, holidays, holly, illustration, illustrator, looking back, old work, planting trees, rose hips, songbirds, sorbus, swedish birch, techniques, trees, wildlife gardening
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Indoor thoughts
Days starting cold and sharp, apexed with golden warmth, continue here. We had a wonderful walk along the South West Coast Path on Saturday, climbing high above chalky cliffs for views of blue meeting blue for miles all around. It … Continue reading
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Tagged allotment, autumn, Billy Hippo 2, Billy Hippo. How Billy Hippo Learned to Swim, chores, field peas, gardening, golden days, greenhouse, growing, Hannah Foley, illustration, illustrator, jobs, lifestyle illustration, Little Door Books, sea, sky, South West Coast Path, views, vivian french
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