Now that the sun is out and spring seems to be here I have finally got around to starting to fix various of my creatures which have got damaged over the years. It’s very satisfying. […]
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triumph, disaster, small triumph
Last year I planted sprouting broccoli in the front garden, thinking that if it worked we’d have lovely fresh purple sprouts to eat – it hardly being likely that it would be the local scallies’ […]
failure to photograph
The great kitchen launch completely failed to be photographed by us, or indeed by anyone, as had one of the reasons for celebration. We were brought the most wonderful things by all sorts of people […]
nearly toadkill
Our toad, which appears every five years or so, turned up again – but the poor thing had got tangled in the net which prevents starling raids on the grapes. A delicate rescue operation was […]
tomatoes
Tomatoes and basil from the garden. The plants were a present from Liz and Martin, and have survived builders and builders’ rubble right through the summer. And they’ve still managed to produce this…