easily distracted by shiny things…
Posted in gardening on Jul 7th, 2010
I’ve been a teensy bit busy lately, and that’s meant I haven’t had much time for blogging. Plenty to blog about, but no time to sit down and write about it! I haven’t had much time to pay attention to the garden this week, and I’ve mostly been watering it in the dark, so somehow [...]
Over the weekend Skycarrots hosted a harvest festival! A small group of us got together and brought masses of food and drinks that we’d grown, foraged, brewed and baked. All of the salad and vegetables were from Sarah’s allotment, with the addition of my cherry tomatoes. The big square pie is pumpkin and feta, and [...]
Posted in gardening on Aug 4th, 2009
Contrary to the label on the box, this is in fact Real Food, from the MERL vegetable patch! The Museum of English Rural Life has a huge garden, about an acre, and there are currently two vegetable plots. One is planted in a wartime style, and the other is modern. Both of them are yielding [...]
Yesterday I was bemoaning the irony of having watered my potted vegetable plot, mere minutes before it started to rain. This little pea plant’s about three inches tall, and seems to be quite efficient at collecting all those tiny little drops! This morning I was feeling thoroughly miserable and germy and sorry for myself, and [...]
I had been planning to work on a new dress today, but a slight difficulty with an incredible shrinking lining swiftly followed by an unexpected power cut sadly put paid to those plans! While the power was out, I did something which I’ve been putting off for ages, and tackled the garden. I spent a [...]