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 […]
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. […]
Read moreThe edible flower
As I’ve been to-ing and fro-ing today, I kept passing this patch of love in the mist. My eye was really caught by the beautiful blue which is so soft on the eye. I’ve tried to catch the colour, so that I can remember it when the garden is back […]
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