February sowing in the garden and cloches…

We’ve had some glorious weather here in the UK, sunny and warm and perfect for pottering in the garden and despite my sewing commitments I couldn’t resist some time outside preparing the raised beds for this year’s planting.  The beds are in pretty good shape, the boards, in places, are coming away from their posts [...]

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It’s a hit..!

We’ve just eaten Sunday lunch, for which I cooked Delia Smith’s Bangers Braised in Cider and to follow Steamed Treacle Sponge  and I was most excited to find that M and the boys declared the Crab Apple Jelly I made back in November a success.   I am relieved, otherwise I did have a lot of jelly to [...]

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February Planting Lists…

We are heading to the end of half term and it’s been a bit of a mixed bag, starting with a lovely break in the Yorkshire Dales visiting family but turning to the usual scenario of ill children on our return.  I say usual as it appears half of blog world is in the same [...]

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Dark Chunky Marmalade…

We are having a weekend at home, patiently waiting for ‘the snow’ (for those outside the UK, we have been issued with a weather warning that much of the country will be covered in snow by Sunday morning) to arrive and pottering about doing house jobs.  I have cloched as much as I can in [...]

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Cooking for the freezer…

The weather has turned colder here in Kent, sadly no snow as of yet which has confused the boys after last year’s flurries, but the frosty mornings have put me in the mood for stews and soups and I have been batch cooking and stocking up the freezer. We mostly have freshly cooked meals, but [...]

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