Gardening
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Scouts and Apples
Last year I processed as many apples as I could manage, plus gave away loads in drips and drabs. Still we ended up composting many of them (that is, putting many of them…
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Must be a proverb in here somewhere
I don’t know whether this should be “God will provide”, or “Consider the lilies…” or even “A sower went forth to sow…” – but something like that. Back in June, I took some…
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Greenhouse and Orchard
The Greenhouse in question is nothing to do with gardens (just for a change) but is a cracking little restaurant in a back lane in Cupar. The food is in general good, but…
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More on wildflower plots
Some time ago I mentioned wildflower plots which are quite a trendy concept in today’s gardens, combining as they do eco-credentials with busy modern lives (i.e people can say they are green when…
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A different Caulders
Today we went to see my Mum in Rhu, and on the way we went into the Loch Lomond branch of Caulders for some plants for her patio(s). We had some coffee –…
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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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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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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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More gardening
I spent the morning pulling weeds out of our garden and deadheading flowers. In the four days since I last did a lengthy stint we have managed to accumulate two 90l sacks of…
