Each year I make lavender wands to scent our clothes in their drawers. They hold their fragrance so well, that they really do last for a few years. The idea is that the stems form a frame around the lavender heads and a thin ribbon weaves in and out of […]
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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 moreMother Nature does not write memorandums
We went out in the garden searching for cherry blossom, today. The air, in our garden, is so fragrant with blossom and lilac. We found the blossom and it was beautiful and simple. Oh, and the cherries that it promises. As we walked to see the other trees, I looked […]
Read moreThe old tree trunk
A few years ago my husband cut down four old conifer trees that had grown too big and were too close to the electricity lines. We dried and burnt most of the wood, but kept one last section for the children to play with. They’ve had lots of imaginative fun […]
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