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Tag Archives: tomatoes
One Tomato, Two Tomato
The clocks have gone back, so maybe summer is finally over. The harvest should have been safely gathered in, although the recent warm air currents seem to suggest there is still more growing to do. I cleared two of the … Continue reading
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Tagged chillis, courgettes, garlic, passata, ratatouille, sun-dried tomatoes, sweet peas, tomatoes
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Freezing in the Heatwave
When my parents were looking for a house in the second half of the 1970s, their choice was influenced, in large part, by thoughts of self-sufficiency. They bought the new house because it had been a smallholding, and they proceeded … Continue reading
Provenance
The other day Mrs B came home with a new cook book. This not an entirely unusual occurrence: we both enjoy discovering new recipes, and Mrs B owns a Bookshop. You do the Math. Home Food, is written by Olia … Continue reading
Blighted
“Tis because we be on a blighted star, and not a sound one, isn’t it Tess?” I decided to start this post as I ended the last – with a literary quote (welcome to Pseuds Corner). But this week I … Continue reading
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Tagged blight, Brussels, Brussels sprout, pineapple, potatoes, tomatoes
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Grow, Grow, Grow
I was as excited as any other birdwatcher when I read about the Bearded Vulture that has been spotted in the Peak District and Yorkshire. Also known as a Lammergeier, this is only the second time such a bird has … Continue reading
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Tagged ammi visnaga, bearded vulture, carrots, cavolo nero, cosmos, courgettes, cucumbers, delphinium, flowers, fox & cubs, Jay, kale, lammergeier, Nicotiana, Nigella, obedient plant, peas, roses, runner beans, sugar snaps, tomato, tomatoes, wild flowers
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Pre-season training
We are into March. The days are lengthening. The February seeds have germinated and are looking sprightly: the race to produce those early tomatoes has started and the chillis are up too. We need to make sure they are in … Continue reading
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Tagged ailsa craig, basil, bird bath, broad beans, chillis, frogs, frogspawn, greenhouse, hurst greenshaft, leeks, Nicotiana, peas, sweet million, tomatoes
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Veronica or Veronicastrum Virginicum?*
I read a good article by James Wong in the Grauniad this weekend in which he gave his four top tips for beginners in the garden. I never feel like I have a great well of knowledge about gardening, although … Continue reading
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Tagged ammi, chard, crown prince, elvis costello songs, fuck em, Germination, greenhouse, Guardian, James Wong, Latin, peas, potting on, slugs, snails, sparrows, squahs, squashes, streptocarpus, tomato, tomatoes, zinnia
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Mid-Term Reports
Deadline for reports was about three days ago but as I no longer have someone to swear at me if I am perceived to be late or include too many ‘gramatical errors’ (sic), I have stuck to my usual report … Continue reading
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Tagged basil, beetroot, Blue kuri kabochi squash, broad beans, carrots, chard, courgettes, crown prince squash, Duke of York, french beans, jersey devil, kavolo nero, King Edward, Little Gem, lollo Rosso, peas, potatoes, runner beans, Salad, sarpo mira, squash, sweet million, Swift, tomatoes
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The Birds, The Birds
One of my former flatmates had a phobia about birds flapping anywhere near her. I thought of her recently when we found a jackdaw in the shed when we were clearing out the Old Man’s place the other day. One … Continue reading
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Tagged blackbird, peas, sparrow, sparrows, The Birds, Tippi Hedren, tomato, tomatoes
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The Dry
Two weeks ago I started this post. I don’t know what got in the way of me completing it. Perhaps it was the end of term which passed in a whir of school trips, successive cover lessons involving repeat showings … Continue reading
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Tagged beans, blueberries, blueberry, carrots, cavolo nero, courgettes, french beans, greenhouse, hose pipe, hosepipe, kale, lettuce, mangetout, runner beans, Salad, sunflower, tomato, tomatoes
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