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• Self Sufficiency Garden – January

  

  I got to head out to a couple of garden centres the other day.  Both looked extremely sad and lacking in anything remotely plant or flower based. Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• A Jack Russells’ New Year Resolutions

  

  I look at my little JRT, Mouse and I reckon she’d make much better New Year resolutions than me.  There is a lot dogs can teach us on a daily basis.Dogs are jus... Read more

  Posted on 04 January 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Chilli Growing Decisions

  I am really excited about growing chilli plants this year.There is always so much to learn not just from my history of growing (this will be my fifth year... Read more

  Posted on 02 January 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• A Look Back at My Year

  So the end of another year is nearly upon us.I know speed is not able to increase as we get older but there must be something we do in our minds that we didn’t... Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Nature Report – W/e 29th Dec 2013

  

  In the depth of winter I finally learned that there within me lay an invincible summer. Albert Camus #gallery-2319-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-2319-1 . Read more

  Posted on 29 December 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• 10 Tips for Mindful Eating Over Christmas

  It’s that time of year isn’t it.  The one where you look at your food cupboard and realise you’ve purchased enough food for your entire street and you haven’t... Read more

  Posted on 19 December 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• 30-ish Days of Writing – Poem

  No, I haven’t skipped over the previous three days of the creative writing challenge, which is not actually coming to 30 days but more like 30 months at the... Read more

  Posted on 17 December 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Nature Report – W/e 15th Dec 2013

  

  Holy hath berys as red as any rose Grange over Sands Grange over... Read more

  Posted on 15 December 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

  Is it nearly Christmas?As we approach the season of goodwill it’s tempting to just forego any kind of cut backs and spend spend spend at all costs. Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Self Sufficiency Garden – December

  

  Our garden isn’t going as quite self-sufficient over winter as I’d hoped.  Only because I was so busy looking after the summer growing harvests I hadn’t... Read more

  Posted on 05 December 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Nature Report – W/e 1st Dec 2013

  

  Fill your homes with holly this season! Deck the halls! My evergreen leaves and bright red berries, seen against the barren oaks of winter, will remind you of... Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• 1,000 Novels to Read

  I’ll tell you a story…A couple of years ago back in the spring of 2011 I was going through the library shelves, and those tall metal spiny things (that house... Read more

  Posted on 28 November 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Not NanoWriMo

  

  So to all the dedicated writers and aspiring authors out there, it’s nearly come to the end of another year for National Novel Writing Month (NanoWriMo).How... Read more

  Posted on 25 November 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Nature Report – W/e 24th Nov 2013

  

  Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower - Albert... Read more

  Posted on 24 November 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Looking at The World Differently

  Have you ever heard of a lady called Annie Leonard or a video called the Story of Stuff?No, I hadn’t either.  Thing is, I’m pleased I have now. Read more

  Posted on 21 November 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Nature Report – W/e 17th Nov 2013

  

  Dull November brings the blast, Then the leaves are whirling fast. - Sara ColeridgeWeatherWhile Monday was full of rain, the rest of the week has been blue... Read more

  Posted on 18 November 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Chilli-tastic – November Update

  

  Ahhh!  You weren’t expecting this were you?Neither was I!I left my little home-made chilli house to it’s own devices because I wanted to see if I could get the... Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2013 GARDENING

• Behold the New Questions and Answer Page

  Today I’ve added a new page to the blog – you’ll find it here, and at the top of the blog in the menu bar.For those reading the blog via a mobile, you might... Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Nature Report – W/e 10th Nov 2013

  

  Dull November brings the blast, Then the leaves are whirling fast. - Sara ColeridgeWeatherWhat a change this week has brought in the weather.  The winds are... Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Steps to Walking

  All truly great thoughts are conceived by walking. Friedrich NietzscheI think walking can cure all.When I write that I realise it quite a sweeping statement... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2013 GARDENING, HOME