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• Self Sufficiency Update – November

  

  With all the rain and storms we’ve been having lately, getting out into the garden has been quite challenging.  However when not pouring with rain the... Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Nature Report – W/e 3rd Nov 2013

  

  If there’s ice in November that will bear a duck, There’ll be nothing after, but sludge muck (Old weather saying)So this is my first ever nature report which... Read more

  Posted on 03 November 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Giving Nature a Home

  In the UK one of our biggest wildlife charities, the RSPB (or Royal Society for the Protection of Birds), which used to cover only birds but now covers all... Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• The Forget-me-Not’s 1st Anniversary and the 100th Post

  

  Finite to fail, but infinite to venture – Emily DickinsonI can hardly quite believe it myself.  I’ve been blogging the Forget-me-Not Cultivation blog for one... Read more

  Posted on 28 October 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• 10 Gardening Blogs to Look out For

  I always say if you want to learn something, that can be especially tricky to ask (because usually you’re not sure what it is you’re asking), head to the... Read more

  Posted on 25 October 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Plant a Bulb – Save a Bee

  

  I know what your thinking – it’s far too cold and windy to be outside planting anything right now, but let me tell you this is exactly the right time to be... Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• 8 Things to Do in Your Garden for Autumn

  

  It’s that time of the year when the garden starts to wind down ready for the coming winter months.  The leaves start to fall from the trees, the lawn starts to... Read more

  Posted on 20 October 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Chilli-tastic – October Update

  

  Sad, I know, but this will be the last post for 2013 on growing chillies as the season for my plants has now come to an end.That’s not to say I won’t continue t... Read more

  Posted on 17 October 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• A Study in Black & White Photography

  

  The weather’s been a bit grey to say the least this weekend.  The constant downpour of rain has kept me well and truly away from the garden and mostly indoors... Read more

  Posted on 14 October 2013 CULTURE, PHOTOGRAPHY

• The Dust Dilema

  

  How do you go about being environmentally when it comes to vacuum cleaners?Courtesy of y-a-nIt was bound to happen sooner or later, the vacuum cleaner we’d had... Read more

  Posted on 12 October 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Plant Knowledge – Pt5: Fruit

  

  This is my fifth and final post on plant knowledge from a series detailing different parts and areas of plants that you may or may not know, using all the... Read more

  Posted on 10 October 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Self Sufficiency Update – October

  

  What a superb weekend weather wise.  I’ve just spent two days outside, planting, hoeing, sowing and harvesting, and although I heard we’re not had as much rain... Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• How Jogging Became a Habit

  

  If you’ve ever thought about taking up jogging, as a form of exercise – I say do it!This time last year if someone, or anyone, had said to me:Sophie you’re goin... Read more

  Posted on 05 October 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Trees for Free

  

  What is one of the best things about autumn? Open fires?  Tasty vegetable soups?  Both those but eve more exciting, it’s also time for a harvest… It’s wild... Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Careers for Introverts

  

  An unexpected email dropped in my in-box on Friday. It contained this rather stylish and informative poster on careers for introverts. Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2013 BUSINESS, CAREER, GARDENING

• Cultivating a Space

  

  I’ve always had this dream of living on a small-holding or to live in a house on an acre of land where I could just do nothing else all day with but work outsid... Read more

  Posted on 26 September 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Plant Knowledge – Pt4: Pollination

  

  This is my forth post on plant knowledge from a series of five all detailing different area and parts of plants that you may or may not know, using all the note... Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Chilli-tastic – September Update

  

  The chilli plants have been really busy over the past month, putting on even more growth and producing lots of pods. I even had a very productive second... Read more

  Posted on 19 September 2013 GARDENING

• Reasons to Be Glad

  

  One of my faithful readers took one look at the post I published earlier this week and pointed out it was rather a gloomy read. Read more

  Posted on 18 September 2013 GARDENING

• Self Sufficiency Update – September

  

  The nights are drawing in, the wind is whipping up outside and the temperatures are dropping along with the leaves outside.  It feel very much like autumn is... Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2013 GARDENING