- allotment
- allotment supper
- asparagus
- bees
- borage
- chard
- compost
- courgettes
- golden gooseberry jelly
- golden sweet mange tout
- gooseberries
- gooseberry jam
- greenhouse
- hanging basket
- lemon apple cucumber
- lemon verbena
- no-dig allotment
- onions
- purple basil
- quince
- radishes
- rose de roscoff onions
- shed
- snowdrops
- strawberries
- sweetcorn
- sweet peas
- tomatoes
- yellow raspberries
- zinnias
Author Archives: Ruth Paris
surrogate flowers
Recent displacement activity, missing both skiing and flowers, I knitted a cashmere ski hat with a flowery motif. Good diversion while waiting for the garden to wake up 🙂
midwinter pickings
So few grains of happiness measured against all the dark and still the scales balance. Jane Hirshfield
gage tree and brassicas
The Old Gage tree I planted 2 years ago mysteriously started to die just as it was in the full glory of spring blossoming – an ominous harbinger, though we didn’t know it yet, of the year to come. On … Continue reading
May the long time sun shine upon youAll love surround youAnd the pure light within youGuide you all the way on * *Mike Heron – The Incredible String Band (1968)
easy allotment supper
And here below is today’s harvest, all looking good apart from the gnarly carrots which, although the root flies got to them, still taste lovely – excellent for soffritto base.
the green fuse
The force that through the green fuse drives the flower Drives my green age. Dylan Thomas
hungry gap harvest
No dig parsnips – surprisingly straight and large, considering the dense clay soil…
biodynamic preparation 500
As the full moon approaches, yesterday seemed a good time to apply this year’s horn manure preparation; stirring diligently for an hour, creating vortices to ‘enliven’ the rainwater. Sprinkling it over the soil with fragrant branches of bay was suitably … Continue reading
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leaping into action
Making best use of this extra leap year day, and catching up after so many days (weeks?) of rain, there was a flurry of activity at the huerto. Greenhouse glass cleaned inside and out; such a difference to the light. … Continue reading
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a hungry visitor
Just look what I found in the greenhouse! What do you want to do ? New mailCopy And then this… A hungry ratty I suspect, judging by the size of the hole and the teeth marks! I took the precaution … Continue reading
a winter gratin
Amid the wintry desolation I was happily surprised yesterday to find this array of vegetables, L to R: cabbage, chioggia & golden beetroot, parsnip, kholrabi and celeriac. What do you want to do ? New mailCopy And thanks to my … Continue reading
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