31 July 2010
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Unlike many of the plants I am interested in, Alchemilla mollis is not to my knowledge either edible or fragrant. It is, however, beautiful particularly when the leaves capture drops of water and serves as a good choice for filling … Continue reading
30 July 2010
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We want some trees and crab apples seem like a good choice. They are relatively small and spend most of the year either decorated with blossom or fruit. The fruit is not edible to us raw (although the neighbourhood birds … Continue reading
29 July 2010
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One of the features of Folia, the social network for gardeners (and, more importantly for me, an excellent online garden notebook) is a wishlist where I can jot down ideas for what I want to grow. I have finally reached … Continue reading
28 July 2010
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Last weekend I visited the Lakeland store near Bicester and picked up a grain grinder they had on sale. This lets me turn grains like rice into flour which can be used for all sorts of purposes. My first experiment … Continue reading
27 July 2010
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I discovered yesterday that my kitchen scales fly well. Unfortunately they aren’t so hot on landing! The challenge of getting used to a new kitchen is that not everything has a proper place to live. Jane had left the scales … Continue reading
26 July 2010
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Harvesting steam to get distilled water turns out to produce ample for the purposes of soil testing and we tested a couple of spots at the end of last week. The back of the back garden showed a medium green … Continue reading
24 July 2010
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A couple of years ago, I wrote several times about my attempts to use a product called Droughtplug, a siphonation system for reusing grey water. At the time, it wasn’t hugely successful because we lived in a ground floor flat; … Continue reading
22 July 2010
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Today’s breakfast of champions: a rosette of black pudding around a duck egg, garnished with ketchup and fresh basil.
21 July 2010
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Of all the Oxford colleges, St Catherine’s is the one most reminiscent of my alma mater in its architecture (which is to say that its modernist lines mean that it is probably just as well it is demurely situated away … Continue reading
20 July 2010
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No! I haven’t installed a moonshine still out the back to make my own hooch. I’m after distilled water in order not to skew the soil assays I plan for the garden. I have several prepared test-tubes waiting and just … Continue reading