Here I am. Standing in a friend’s garden. One of the absolute joys of summer for me, is when a friend asks me to look after their garden. Just for a short while. Little dance of joy. I love other people’s gardens. I love my own, but there is something […]
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Raspberry picking
Yesterday, we headed off to our local PYO. It’s the end of the season, but still rich pickings to find. We go each year. Not so much to pick bountiful baskets of fruit to store for the winter, but more for the experience. Outside. Fresh air. Beautiful views. Lots of […]
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Every year I can’t help noticing how the flowers on our school run always come out in the same colour order. Have you noticed? After the white of the snowdrops, it shifts to celandines and their glorious yellow, like little suns clustered under the hedgerow. Soon we notice the yellow […]
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Happy 1st March Happy St David’s Day Roll on Spring. (how to make leek here and dragon making here)
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