We have been outdoors on this lovely dry week, but haven’t ventured far from home. Just a trip to the local DIY shop and spending time in the garden. While the garden is full of plop plop plopping sounds of the acorns falling from the oak tree next door there are not too many other […]
Archive | September, 2013
Harvest from the Hedgerows: A Tale of Blackberry Picking
We often stop and nibble blackberries from hedgerows when on family walks. We very rarely have any sort of container with us so we can collect enough to take home. So this weekend ,with a bumper apple harvest from the garden we made a specific date with our local hedgerows for a spot of blackberry […]
Willow Dens and Flower Meadows: Reaping the Benefits
We have tried something different in the garden this year. It has been really fun creating it and watching how things develop. We moved some fruit bushes freeing up a sunny plot of land about 10ft square. Rather than go for some of the obvious choices of perennial plants and shrubs or vegetables we thought we […]
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