It’s National Tea Day today, so I thought I’d share my five favourite homegrown, herbal teas and how I grow them. They are so easy to grow and frugal too. I love herbal tea. Apart from the occasional treat of a hot chocolate, it is the only hot cuppa I […]
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Touch of ridiculous – word of the week
Tip, tap, tippity, tip, tap {repeat} Believe me. First thing in the morning, this is not a sound you want to hear coming down your chimney. Or any time of the day, for that matter. tip, tip, tip, tap It was windy the previous night. I mean, really windy. The […]
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Homegrown sweetcorn. After having to replant my sweetcorn patch, due to the late frost killing all the plants, we seem to have a good crop. Each plant has two or three good sized cobs. In fact, the whole garden is doing well. Our meal tonight was totally from the garden, […]
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This is the story of a tree. An apple tree to be precise. A tree that has finally rewarded us for all the love we’ve given it. I planted it about 20 years ago. For some reason, and I really don’t remember my logic, I dug its hole as far […]
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