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Garden Cuppa: Winter is here, Barley Broth to comfort and sustain!
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Monday, 7 December 2015. Winter is here, Barley Broth to comfort and sustain! The start of December and snow lies all around, not deep and crisp and even but sparse and slushy and slippy! I used everything apart from the cavalo nero, which I saved for the next evening's supper. Ali's Winter Barley Broth. 1 tablespoon of olive oil. A Handful of carrots (probably around 3 medium sized ones). 2 sticks of celery. Big handful of parsley. 1 cup of barley, soaked overnight in plenty of water. 3 Add your stock a...
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Garden Cuppa: March 2016
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Thursday, 31 March 2016. Spring time musings - and a fine frittata recipe too! Well, the clocks have sprung forwards and so have I. The last few months have flown by, and now I'm looking forwards to the April school holidays, spending time in the garden and watching as everything green up and burst into life again. I love this time of year! Feels like the top of the world. Valmorel, France. So now back to getting back in the saddle for the summer and enjoying my horse riding too. Well, we always talk abo...
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Garden Cuppa: January 2014
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Friday, 24 January 2014. January 2014, Happy New Year of the Horse and happy new pony! Now I think it's probably too far into January to say Happy New Year, but it certainly still feels like a time of transition, of taking store and planning ahead. The days are starting to stretch slightly but on a grey day in Aberdeenshire it can still feel as if they are too short, once we get to the end of the month I really notice the difference in daylight. Our mild winter weather and no snow (so far! Subscribe to: ...
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Garden Cuppa: Spring time musings - and a fine frittata recipe too!
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Thursday, 31 March 2016. Spring time musings - and a fine frittata recipe too! Well, the clocks have sprung forwards and so have I. The last few months have flown by, and now I'm looking forwards to the April school holidays, spending time in the garden and watching as everything green up and burst into life again. I love this time of year! Feels like the top of the world. Valmorel, France. So now back to getting back in the saddle for the summer and enjoying my horse riding too. Well, we always talk abo...
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Garden Cuppa: Hello 2016, Hello New Healthy Me!
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Tuesday, 12 January 2016. Hello 2016, Hello New Healthy Me! Happy New Year to all (if it's not too late to say that? A soggy chicken garden. Anyway, weather aside the new year has prompted a swift kick up the backside to me, to get my act in gear and start getting fit and losing a bit of weight. I had a nasty chest infection in November and since then have stopped exercising and quite honestly with a house full of food and drink over Christmas I have indulged heartily in eating cheese and cake (yum!
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Garden Cuppa: November musings and giving thanks
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Tuesday, 3 November 2015. November musings and giving thanks. View across the road. A few days after Halloween and we are still enjoying the stunning weather we have had this Autumn. Sadly a cold and wet summer meant the garden suffered in terms of peas and beans, and I had one small bunch of sweetpeas to cut for indoors. However, the dry conditions over the last month have meant that the autumn tree colours are stunning. But as I said I need to take things easy. Perhaps this blog will evolve, take o...
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Garden Cuppa: June 2013
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Friday, 21 June 2013. Alliums, the cheerleaders in my border! Summer solstice tonight, that means the days will start getting shorter as from tomorrow. Hmmm, wondering if we actually will catch up in the garden ever! The big success we've had this year is our perinneal borders, finally things have established and right now the garden is a big, blowsy, colourful show. These long evenings are perfect for pottering outside. My potager with ransomes, lemon balm, chives, thyme. Friday, June 21, 2013. Keeping ...
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Garden Cuppa: December 2015
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Monday, 7 December 2015. Winter is here, Barley Broth to comfort and sustain! The start of December and snow lies all around, not deep and crisp and even but sparse and slushy and slippy! I used everything apart from the cavalo nero, which I saved for the next evening's supper. Ali's Winter Barley Broth. 1 tablespoon of olive oil. A Handful of carrots (probably around 3 medium sized ones). 2 sticks of celery. Big handful of parsley. 1 cup of barley, soaked overnight in plenty of water. 3 Add your stock a...
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Garden Cuppa: Spring almost springing
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Sunday, 16 March 2014. It's the time of year for hunkering down and getting through the last of the winter weather, all the time waiting for signs of new growth and lighter evenings. One of my friends drew a pencil sketch of Brooke for my birthday at the end of January and it captures her beautifully. Thank you Mel, I adore this wee portrait of her :). Although it feels as if spring is almost here, the trees are still bare and winter is still keeping a bit of a hold on us! Sunday, March 16, 2014. My sent...
