I started the bank holiday weekend a little early by taking the afternoon off work on Friday. I used the time to cook the ‘no knead bread’ I had started the night before and to go for a photowalk in Top Wood with Dave and the dogs. Gracie was in fine posing form [...]
I have spent the past couple of weeks mulling over the decision I needed to make. Both options have their good points and bad points but in the end it came down to not wanting to wait any longer. The person I had spoken to regarding the traditional crafts scheme has left her [...]
My worms have all of a sudden decided they don’t want to stay in the wormery. Each time I open it I find them clinging to the lid, queuing for the exit. I don’t know what I have done to upset them. They had been so happy, wriggling away, eating leftovers, making [...]
I am green with envy.
This year I am growing cacti, green beans, gernaniums, basil, coriander, chilis, sweetpea, tomatoes, salad leaves, spinach, lambs lettuce and a pot of grass (rye!). My little plants are doing just fine though I struggle to find the space to put them all and Gracie has destroyed a few sweetpeas. [...]
I had hoped to inform that the worms in my wormery were still there, busy munching on our leftover food. They were there the weekend before last. Now they are gone. The cold weather last weekend must have been too much for them.
