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Where once there was a big tree…

Posted by on November 6th 2017 in In the garden
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... there are now small forests:

 

 

confused@november.uk

Posted by on November 4th 2017 in In the garden
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Some of this autumn's new strawberry plants, grown from this summer's runners, have decided that it's already springtime:

 

 

Sixpenny lunch

Posted by on August 3rd 2017 in In the garden
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Well, technically, the pic shows a thrupenny lunch - I'd already scoffed the first half of it before someone suggested that I should take a pic.

Cheap, light and healthy - the lettuce, the tomatoes, the spring onion and the Woodpigeon breasts came FOC from our garden, the bread came from Asda's marked-down stash. They went down well with a little olive oil.

Wonkumbers

Posted by on July 9th 2017 in In the garden
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The first few were normal, so I'm fairly sure that these are not supposed to look like this:

Or like this:

Cherry-picker

Posted by on June 24th 2017 in In the garden
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The long hot spell has given us the biggest and best yield yet from our cherry tree - plenty for us, and for the neighbours, and for the song-birds. I reckon we'll have picked about 50 lbs by the time we're finished.

Having two cats helps to keep most of the Woodpigeons away, the air-rifle deals with the others.

 

Fur & Feather

Posted by on June 9th 2017 in In the garden
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Looks like there'll be no more electoral posts for a while.

Here, have a cat video instead: