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Making the new Fruit Cage Garden

November 23, 2015by Claire 2 Comments

The fruit cage is finished so now the hard work of transforming it inside begins. I used to grow vegetables and fruit in this space before, but now I just […]

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Squash

October 13, 2015by Claire 4 Comments

After chicken killing and preparation on Sunday there was just enough time for squash harvesting. The butternut squash in the Meso-American garden (see here) did pretty well. There were also […]

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The Growth of the Hugelkultur

September 30, 2015by Claire 3 Comments

The hugelkultur beds are thriving. Earlier in the season I planted squash that took a while to get started – the first batch withered into nothing. Now we have two […]

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Summer Garden Pickles

September 19, 2015by Claire 3 Comments

My pickling adventure continues. Another recipe based on one from the fabulous Diana Henry Salt, Sugar, Smoke, (234) Summer Garden Pickles: you can play with the vegetables included here. I […]

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How to find time to stuff a courgette

September 2, 2015by Claire 4 Comments

Sometimes people ask how I get so much done – the cynical answer is I do everything badly and in a rush. The real answer is more mundane and can […]

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Stuffed Courgette Flowers

August 12, 2015by Claire 5 Comments

We have a lot of courgettes and consequently a lot of courgette flowers so I made stuffed courgettes. Life is not too short to stuff a courgette – in fact […]

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Planted Hugelkultur

August 2, 2015by Claire 5 Comments

I have started planting the hugelkultur beds we established – see here. So far I have planted little leeks and squash, and put on lots more alpaca poo. A friend […]

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Three Sisters Garden: squash, corn, beans

June 16, 2015by Claire 7 Comments

I have planted a three sisters garden which is a form of companion planting – see here. A month or so ago a friend from bee club mentioned planting beans, […]

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plants from friends

June 10, 2015by Claire Leave a comment

Christine and Nathan (my lovely friends from London with the award-winning allotment) met me at the station a couple of weeks ago and gave me all these amazing plants: two […]

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May Garden – lots and lots of planting

May 22, 2015by Claire 1 Comment

I meant to post regular updates about my garden (as a means of forcing me to weed it and keep on top of the sowing and planting), but as you […]

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