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Moo, Two, Barney McGrew
Today R bought me a surprise present from Maisie and Mac in Crossgate (one of my favourite shops). They are three Heilan’ Coos and I have decided to call them Moo, Two, Barney…
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Potato harvest
Back in April, just for shits and giggles, I planted half a bag of Tesco “multi-purpose” potatoes which had sprouted slightly. These came up hugely, and today I harvested them. I wanted them…
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Vestibule
When we moved in the entire upstairs house was carpeted in a serviceable but rather dull (and in places rather threadbare) green carpet. Bit by bit we have had some of the worse…
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Gardener extraordinaire
During this last week I have not only spent many hours on my own garden, but also assisted in clearing up St Mary’s church garden in Ladybank. As my third assignment for the…
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Up the hill to Ceres
R and I went for a walk after dinner today. We had to get petrol for our drive to Helensburgh tomorrow, so we parked the car at F&D and then walked up the…
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In which we meet an old aquaintance
Last year we met a small black cat in the garden. Actually I was cleaning the interior of the car (well someone had to) and he popped up beside me and tried to…
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Flower Show
A few months ago I asked the secretary of the Cupar Flower Show for a brochure for 2026 so that I could enter a few things. I think I need to learn the…
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St Mary’s Garden
J and I went to the little branch church in Ladybank to help clear the back garden today. It was basically a solid, and very daunting mass of weeds. I was expecting them…
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