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Wet and Drying

01/11/2015by wdouglas14 2 Comments

How it must look to my neighbours is anybody’s guess.  On weekday evenings I can frequently be found out in the garden in complete darkness, fumbling about with a flashlight […]

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Drying, Growing

Late season flourishes

11/10/2015by wdouglas14 2 Comments

Broccoli – what a waste of time.  Oh, hang on… A while ago I more or less wrote off the broccoli I’d carefully tried to grow since the spring.  The […]

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Nero di Toscana kale

Dry, freeze, eat, prepare

30/09/2015by wdouglas14 Leave a comment

Oh let me assure you Mr. Bond, I intend to control the world’s supply of rosemary.. I would post a photo of the rosemary plant in my herb bed but […]

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Drying, Freezing, Growing, Own recipes, Public recipes
Chopping chillies for powder

Sun and spices

13/09/2015by wdouglas14 8 Comments

As noon approached earlier today, the skies cleared and a mathematical equation formed in my mind: Freshly picked veg + pizza base from cupboard + table & chair on back […]

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Growing, Own recipes
Colourful Blauwschokker peas

From plot to plate

20/07/2015by wdouglas14 Leave a comment

After a couple of weeks away, returning to the vegetable garden this weekend was a mix of anticipation and trepidation. The soaker hoses had done their job well and more […]

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Growing
Young Hot Wax chillies

Aiming High

07/06/2015by wdouglas14 2 Comments

In one of the large beds today I planted some part-grown Castandel beans.  This is a delicious variety of french bean, which has become one of my favourite vegetables.  Some […]

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Colourful young basil

Moving outdoors

25/05/2015by wdouglas14 Leave a comment

With the weather that bit warmer now, I took the cucumber plunge today and moved five plants out of their pots and into one of the raised beds. Notoriously temperamental, […]

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Tarragon, with lush new growth

New shoots

06/04/2015by wdouglas14 Leave a comment

After eight weeks of growing their sprouts indoors, the potatoes finally went into the ground today.  I had left a polythene sheet over the target raised bed for most of […]

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Potatoes sprouting in the daylight

Sowing & planting

01/03/2015by wdouglas14 Leave a comment

Broad beans, spring onions, fertiliser, weeds and rain.  That was today’s agenda for the raised beds.  A bit of weeding in the onion patch revealed that the overwintering sets have […]

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Growing, Seeds
Chilled garlic

Seasonal Snow

27/12/2014by wdouglas14 Leave a comment

We had a great fall of snow in North West England last night, the evening of Boxing Day. A good layer quickly built up and coated the veg garden at […]

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Lover of Appalachia, urban farming, old/vintage/antique finds, and (re)learning life skills that have been forgotten.

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Treat your taste buds to a vast variety of tongue tickling dishes!

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Growing 'trial and error' style in Gravesend

herbalblessingsblog

Growing and harvesting a bounty of blessings in my potager.

Growing the Green Life

Adventures in Green Living

free ranging

thoughts on food, plants and life in general

I'm... Right Now

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Toiling myself happy

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Cibo di Chenzo

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Sometimes Up a Mountain in Andalucia and sometimes Down by the Sea on the English South Coast

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Prints inspired by a love of gardening

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I love delicious food! And bonus if it's healthy! I'm always searching for new recipes, mostly healthy, but sometimes a bit more decadent. Please let me know if you try any of the TrustInKim recipes, or just enjoy looking at them in an ad-free space. Enjoy!

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An allotment gardening blog.

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a journey of self-sufficiency

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Learning and Sharing as We Go Along

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an adventure into growing your own and cooking up a storm

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Makayla's culinary adventures

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Allotment Plot 103

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A blog to keep track of the ongoing work in my first garden

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