complimented today on the garden, how it has naturalised to give a feeling of privacy. That’s neglect for you. I think it does look nice though, in an unkempt sort of way.
Archive for June, 2008
cottage garden
Posted in house and home on 30 June 2008 | 2 Comments »
jam, icecream and pavlova
Posted in fruit, grow your own food, recipes on 29 June 2008 | 2 Comments »
This morning, as he put my coffee down on my bedside table, himself said to me:
“you really want to open the fridge door and inhale deeply”.
Nope, not a kink.. but the fact we have far too many strawberries (or would have if that were possible) and the smell of them lurking in the fridge is [...]
start point and strawberries
Posted in general wittering, home education, wild foods on 28 June 2008 | No Comments »
Went on a lovely walk today around start point, up to the lighthouse, part of the coastal path and back through fields. saw some wild thyme, but didn’t pick any, as we have plenty in the garden.
Glorious day, sunny and windy. We are so lucky to live near the coast. However, we made the most of [...]
peas!
Posted in grow your own food, self-sufficiency, tagged vegetables on 27 June 2008 | 1 Comment »
picked our first - yay. There are many reasons to grow your own veg, and one of them is for peas. Peas freshly picked from the garden are the tastiest (the ones that make it as far as the kitchen!). Even made it worthwhile picking in the wind and rain in our wellies and raincoats [...]
mole in the house
Posted in general wittering on 26 June 2008 | 2 Comments »
I’ve mentioned before what a prolific hunter our cat Ebby is. He has brought home countless mice and voles, rats, jackdaws, magpies, smaller birds, moles and squirrels. I mind about the birds.. as they are mostly not a pest to me, but luckily he mostly sticks to small rodents. I mind when he eats them [...]
no eggs
Posted in chickens, grow your own food, livestock, self-sufficiency, tagged chickens, eggs on 25 June 2008 | 1 Comment »
Egg production has slowed down dramatically, which is annoying given the amount of food eaten. The copper headed marans, pretty birds though they are, and beautiful dark brown eggs, are really not the best of layers. The cream legbar is pretty good actually, but has the occasional day off, and the buff leghorn is sitting [...]
home grown on a plate
Posted in being greener, grow your own food, self-sufficiency, smallholding, vegetables on 24 June 2008 | 1 Comment »
Himself was working from home today, and we sat in the garden eating lunch, when I looked down and realised its all our own home grown food. It seems every day we eat something home produced, even if its only the jam on our toast or chutney, but in the summer there is more.
We are [...]
strawberries
Posted in fruit, grow your own food, self-sufficiency on 23 June 2008 | No Comments »
We have great plans for amazing strawberry troughs etc.. somewhen. In the meantime, we have an old beam resting across one of the piggery bags, and hanging from it are half a dozen hanging baskets. lined not very prettily with old compost bags, filled with strawberries. I bought four plants - Cambridge I think was [...]
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