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Archive for June, 2008

cottage garden

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.

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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peas!

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 [...]

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mole in the house

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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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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