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It’s been a busy week in the garden and kitchen. Harvesting is in full swing and I don’t want to waste a scrap. Strawberries are ready every day so I’ve been squirelling away all the surplus. The freezer is almost full now with scarlet treasure for the winter. I might make strawberry jam this year.Continue reading “A Busy Time of Year”

I love Summer. Longer, light-filled days. The calm and gentle atmosphere of the garden in the evening after a very hot day. The welcome showers after the dry heat. The abundance of flowers, fruit and delicious vegetables. So much to enjoy. June is my favourite month with roses, foxgloves, poppies, marigolds and campanulas. Bees hummingContinue reading “Summer Days and Sewing Patterns”

The weather is very changeable. One minute the sun is beaming, the next the clouds are covering the sky and the rain comes splashing down. The garden though is loving it. All the plants are thriving with the warmth and moisture. I dug up a few new potatoes. Still small but really delicious. The skinsContinue reading “Roses and Raindrops”

There’s been quite a buzz going on with the Platinum Jubilee celebrations. I have not been involved although I’ve enjoyed the atmosphere. I’ve been busy in my own way. You might remember from last week I had a disaster with mail-order grafted tomatoes. Not good, I’m afraid. The plants perished and I panicked at theContinue reading “Nutty Bites and Nectarines”

I’ve always been happiest at home and now I’m older I appreciate more than ever the things which I’ve collected over the years. I love pottery, whether it’s antique factory ware or contemporary studio pottery. I also have a fondness for wooden objects, known as treen, and old furniture. The subtle colours of wood, theContinue reading “Treen and Tomatoes”

Another week has whizzed by. Summer will soon be here. So much going on in the garden at this time of year. Vegetable planting, harvesting cabbages and salads and more seeds to be sown. I can’t keep up with the cabbages. I always grow too many despite writing in my garden diary every year aContinue reading “Chocolate Cakes and Cauliflower”

At last the rain fell on our dry, sandy garden. So grateful to see the drops splashing on the window. Time to do some indoor tasks, like removing those horrible labels from the back of the neck in some new clothes, sorting old clothes and making lists of things to do outdoors when the sunContinue reading “Poetry and Pears”

The merry month of May! The blossom is fabulous on the hawthorn with it’s pure white petals, dainty pink stamens and a lovely fragrance. The flowers deserve to be appreciated in close-up. The blackbirds are singing their melodies, high up in the trees. What a lovely sound to start and end each day. The gardenContinue reading “May Blossom and Spring Cabbage”

Flowers provide such fleeting pleasure but what a pleasure it is! I walk around the garden every day to feast my eyes on whatever is in bloom and sometimes bring in a few to enjoy close up. Even in Winter a few flowers or some bright berries can lift the spirits, so the aim inContinue reading “Sentimental Objects”

It’s been a very dry April so far. Normally we have April showers. The garden is suffering a bit and some watering has had to be done. Still some lovely things to see though. The apple blossom is wonderful. Pale pink and fragrant with the prettiest clusters of petals. Forget-me-nots with their dainty blue flowersContinue reading “Saving Fuel and Knitting Teddies”