So apparently it has been a full year since Cathy started encouraging us all to cut flowers from the garden and bring them in to the house more. A year of weekly posts, by her and many, many others, on arrangements big and small, classic and experimental, of flowers, twigs, berries, vegetables… Fifty two in…
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It was beautiful this morning, really warm and sunny, so I wandered out in my shirtsleeves to see if there were any dahlias left worth picking. The torrential downpours and strong winds of the past couple of weeks have somewhat battered them, but I found four that, if you squinted, still looked OK, all ‘Le…
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Vengeance. A dish best eaten cold. Or in this case, picked with petulant delight! Though I only have myself to blame. I’d promised myself never to grow Jerusalem Artichokes again. They taste delicious, but have an unfortunate effect on my digestive system. ‘Nuff said. But I got seduced into growing them again, forgetting that everything…
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August feels a long time ago now. Although looking out the window you could be forgiven for thinking it still was August, the weather is so beautiful. The leaves starting to turn, the way it is getting darker earlier and earlier, the wonderfully soft golden light of late afternoon, they are big reminders that we…
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Firstly, apologies to anybody who tried to leave a comment only to find that I had a corrupted database. Very annoying. But all fixed now… This week, filling vases began with my cutting all available dahlia flowers. I am finding that the more I cut the longer the stems on the subsequent blooms, which makes…
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