Gardening
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More things of beauty
The good weather was back today and I resumed gardening, minus any help from the male members of the household. R has an excuse, J does not. Anyway, they missed some good stuff. …
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A miniature ecosystem
I have started to work my way into the less explored reaches of the garden. There have been large numbers of trees here over the last 170 years, and many of them have…
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An unusual design decision
Much as I love our house, it has some unusual design features. One which has been changed for the better, was that when the house was built, it had no back door on…
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Everything in the garden…
Sorry to keep harping on about the garden, but another lovely day here on the dry sunny East coast, and after more hard work by J and I the garden is really starting…
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Invasive Plants
I love our Fife garden. There are many reasons for this, the first being that it is just a gorgeous garden – although we are five minutes walk from the shops it is…
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Cauliflowers
What is it with the size of cauliflowers? On the whole they are disappointingly small, but from time to time you get an unnaturally huge one. I do not know if I have…
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Concert and planters
Nice concert at St James this morning to go along with the Farmers’ Market – it was a saxophone quartet from St Andrews. I made a St. Clement’s cake (oranges and lemons) –…
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In progress
I dug the bed out this morning – it is a cold, north facing bed so I am going to need to be careful what goes in it – but at least it…
