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• Fizzy Blackberry Cocktail

  

  This is delicious and very easy to drink! I appear to have drunk most of it whilst booting up the computer and logging onto the blog. Read more

  Posted on 05 October 2012 DRINK, GARDENING

• Garden Thermometer

  

  I have an unhealthy obsession with the Met Office website! I check it at least once a day, probably more (I’m not going to admit how many times!). Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2012 DRINK, GARDENING

• Sowing My Wildflower Meadow

  

  The thought of an Indian summer has been what many of us have been clinging to, I hate to be the barer of bad news but I think we can forget that idea. Read more

  Posted on 02 October 2012 DRINK, GARDENING

• October Jobs in the Garden

  Autumn is most definitely upon us! The woolly jumpers are out ready and the woolly hat is making an appearance. The clocks go back at the end of the month and... Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2012 DRINK, GARDENING

• Honeymoon Cocktail

  

  Whilst browsing around my local garden center (I say garden center but it seems to stock just about everything and anything) I stumbled upon these little... Read more

  Posted on 28 September 2012 DRINK, GARDENING

• Replacing Leggy Lavenders

  

  A few weeks ago I brought an air freshener for my car after continued complaints from the family about the smell. Muddy wellies, wet dirty tools and the wet... Read more

  Posted on 26 September 2012 DRINK, GARDENING

• Hot Toddy

  

  Maybe it’s the cold weather or my little boy going back to school but I’m a gardener with the lurgy. So tonight in an attempt help my sore throat and increase m... Read more

  Posted on 21 September 2012 DRINK, GARDENING

• Fruit Garden

  

  I had always planned on having a kitchen garden at my place with a good supply of fruit and vegetables for the family to eat. I managed this year to build and... Read more

  Posted on 18 September 2012 DRINK, GARDENING

• Chocolate Martini

  

  For those of you who know me you may be wondering as to why it has taken me 9 months to make a chocolate based cocktail. The answer is I’ve know idea so... Read more

  Posted on 14 September 2012 DRINK, GARDENING

• Blackberry Cocktail

  

  I’m not adverse to a little hedgerow foraging every once in a while and now is when you are most likely to see me on tip-toes trying to reach those... Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2012 DRINK, GARDENING

• Pruning Rambling Roses

  

  I have to admit this is not really a job I look forward to because at the end of it I do tend to look like I have been dragged through a hedge backwards and tha... Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2012 DRINK, GARDENING

• Sambucus Nigra ‘Black Beauty’ Cuttings

  

  I took some cuttings of Sambucus nigra ‘Black Beauty’ back in July and they have been sat on my kitchen windowsill where I have been able to keep an eye on them. Read more

  Posted on 03 September 2012 DRINK, GARDENING

• September Jobs in the Garden

  I know you don’t want to hear it but this is the month when summer starts to slip away and autumn will soon be upon us. The change in seasons is actually... Read more

  Posted on 01 September 2012 DRINK, GARDENING

• Watermelon Mojito

  

  Watermelon Mojito 4 mint leaves Juice of ½ a lime 2tsp caster sugar 4oz watermelon cut into chunks 50ml white rum Ice Muddle the sugar, mint and lime juice.  Ad... Read more

  Posted on 31 August 2012 DRINK, GARDENING

• Baby Frog

  

  This was a happy little sight yesterday. I don’t have a pond in my garden or any water feature for that matter but I am lucky enough to have neighbours who do. Read more

  Posted on 29 August 2012 DRINK, GARDENING

• Yellowing Box Hedge

  

  Not long after we moved into our house I decided that in the small border at the front I would plant box (Buxus sempervirens). Read more

  Posted on 27 August 2012 DRINK, GARDENING

• Flirtini

  

  Friday is with us once again. It has been a week where my work has been yet again been blighted by the rain. On the plus side this does mean I have been able... Read more

  Posted on 17 August 2012 DRINK, GARDENING

• Mammoth Mushrooms

  

  Now who would have thought that a cup of coffee could so succinctly sum up our British summer thus far! There is however something that has been enjoying all... Read more

  Posted on 16 August 2012 DRINK, GARDENING

• Rosemary Cuttings

  

  Rosemary is a wonderful herb and I love using it in the kitchen, especially in winter dishes. So I suppose it’s a bit of a surprise that I don’t actually posses... Read more

  Posted on 16 August 2012 DRINK, GARDENING

• Fizzy Peach

  

  I am writing this on a beautiful summers evening whilst sat in my garden. The weather we have had really makes you appreciate the slightest rays of sun we get! Read more

  Posted on 10 August 2012 DRINK, GARDENING