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‘Doing the Continental’

Apr 7, 2011

My mention in last week’s e-newsletter of ‘Twelve – a Tuscan Cookbook’ – had me thinking of food, and reorganizing…

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March Miscellany

Mar 24, 2011

A bit of a mixture for this last March blog post – ranging from my fascinating visit to the first…

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Strategy for a Productive Garden

Mar 17, 2011

Planning a new garden or allotment, or taking over – and reclaiming – an old one? Then it’s sensible to…

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Sowing Seed Techniques & Potager Progress

Mar 1, 2011

Although our vegetable plot is not yet in a fit state for sowing and planting, nature invariably manages to catch…

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Rooting Around – in and out of the garden

Feb 25, 2011

I’ve been outside today, walking around the whole of our plot, delighting in the sunshine. It’s relatively warm and gone…

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Planning the Perfect Potager

Feb 18, 2011

Rain in the wind, and falling from the sky – and I wonder when I will ever get back to…

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Herbs and Herb Gardens

Feb 10, 2011

In my days off since last blogging, and writing the Dobies February e-newsletter, I have been travelling – indulging in…

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Venturing back into the garden

Jan 25, 2011

Last weekend I finally ventured back into the garden as we had the first dry weekend after the cold weather.…

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Ornamental Gardens – thoughts and plans

Jan 20, 2011

As I sit by the fire contemplating this week’s post, the full moon shines through a gap in the wooden…

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Potatoes – grow, cook, eat

Jan 14, 2011

The ubiquitous potato is a staple of most people’s diet, and has been ever since the sea-faring Sir Francis Drake…

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