Author Archives: Liz

Photo-Vember

Leanne at Dirt and Flowers has another blog, Leanne Cole’s Blog where she talks about all matters photographic.  She suggests that November become PhotoVember (which I think will be more attractive and less prickly than the fabulous Movember).  She is … Continue reading

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To Pick or Not to Pick – That is the Question!

This cabbage is testing my patience!  Actually the 5 others I have growing that have not even reached this stage are more annoying but this one is causing me to have the most self restraint. You see it has a heart … Continue reading

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Another Woman’s Compost – Vegetable Stock

As I mentioned in my Monday Harvest post this week, much in my garden is bolting making it fairly inedible.  Fairly but not completely and that’s where this week’s Kitchen Cupboard post comes in.  Today faced with a forest of … Continue reading

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Passionfruit

We moved into our current house in July and remarkably (well I found it remarkable) for the time of year there were ripe passionfruit on the vine.  The next season we had an absolutely fabulous bumper crop.  This was 4 years … Continue reading

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Monday Harvest – 24th October 2011

It feels like everything in the garden is bolting at once.  First the parsley, then the chervil, the mizuna’s flowering, the lettuce’s headed skyward, the beetroot looked like it wanted to so I ate it, the celery’s started and so … Continue reading

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