The blackcurrants are ready to pick. We have 10 or so mature blackcurrant bushes. Picking them is not a quick business. As I spent time picking them, today, I could appreciate why commercially blackcurrants are harvested mechanically. If I costed out my time and applied the minimum wage, then the […]
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First potatoes
We ran out of potatoes today. Our potatoes are delivered every week in our veg box. We’ve been enjoying steamed salad potatoes, with chives sprinkled over them, which has totally depleted our delivered potato supply. So, I collected a garden fork and headed off to the potato patch for the […]
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Buzz, buzz bumble bee
There are so many bumble bees in the garden that we were inspired to see if we could make some. First of all we raided the cork collection and selected some wool. We wrapped the wool around the cork, changing colour to give a banded look. We have a number […]
Read moreJelly, champagne and ladybirds
I made my blackcurrant jelly last night. It was lovely coming downstairs this morning as the fragrance had lingered. I much prefer making blackcurrant jelly to blackcurrant jam. It may take a day longer to reach the point of potting up, but it is less fiddly than preparing the fruit. […]
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