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August weather is always a bit changeable and as soon as the combine rolls into the field, you can be…
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Folklore has it that blackberries shouldn’t be picked after Old Michaelmas Day on 10th October because that’s the day that…
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Down by the pond in the corner of Gardeners Field, tucked into the corner behind the stinging nettles, stands an…
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Phew. Harvest has finished. After days of checking every weather forecast and stopping and starting between showers, the wheat was…
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The roses have flowered early this year and I nearly missed my chance to make Rose Petal Jam from my…
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I know a bank where the wild thyme blows, Where oxlips and the nodding violet grows, (William Shakespeare) I don’t…
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I’m not sure of the difference between a wild apple and a crab apple, but for cooking I don’t think…
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When an elder bush sprang up in the corner of the garden, I kept very quiet about it so that…
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We’ve had a long wait for spring this year and now as the sun shines, the desire for rich warming…