This year I am awash in strawberries and raspberries from my garden. But sandwiched in between, along my back garden stone wall, are four bushes of currants. One is a red currant, one is black and the other two are Champagne currants. Champagne currants are my favourite of the three,Continue Reading
As the days close in I now take an hour at lunchtime to spend in the garden with the ducks as mornings and evenings don’t give me the same freedom any more. We normally take the time to clear an area. Me pruning or pulling, the ducks eating the wormyContinue Reading
The blackberries are in season! The hot days of summer have ripened these hedgerow fruits. They are plump and juicy, glistening by the paths and roadways, just waiting to be collected and eaten. With basket to hand, I wander out to collect as much a I can. A Basket FullContinue Reading
I remember when I was 17 and I declared to my mother that I was going to be a vegetarian. She said of course I was, and proceeded to ignore me. She wasn’t going to go out of her way, as she put it, “for a phase” and learn howContinue Reading
This weekend I treated myself to making my luscious coffee scrub again. This time of year just begged me to bolster myself and rehydrate my skin. My skin has been feeling so dry, what with changeable weather and sudden temperature dips, so Iayers are certainly called for. It sort ofContinue Reading
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