Monthly Archives: August 2011

PLUM JAM, HERE I COME

Earlier this summer, we were writing about our high expectations of a nice harvest from the neighbour’s plum tree. Remember that post? Well, for once our expectations were justified and our prayers answered. A couple of weeks ago, the poor … Continue reading

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DRYING OUT AND STORING ONIONS

We’ve written before about our pretty unsuccessful attempts to grow onions from seed. Although we did have a small crop of onions to pick every year, they’d always been much smaller than they were supposed to be. Every year we … Continue reading

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BETTER LATE THAN NEVER: OUR FIRST COURGETTES

This is a photo of our first courgettes of the season, which we picked yesterday: You don’t need to say it…We know…We’re late with them this year. Very late. But better late than never, right? We almost didn’t plant any … Continue reading

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AN ORDINARY DAY’S HARVEST

The other day, I went out in the garden to see if there’s anything ready for picking. However busy life is, I like to make sure that our gardens are tidy and all our produce is picked at the right … Continue reading

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A HUGE SURPRISE

We’ve already written about this season’s successful beetroot crop, so I had no intention of publishing yet another post on this subject. Until this morning. This morning, when I went to pick a beet for our evening meal, I was presented … Continue reading

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