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Hoping for the best but fearing the worst | quitegifted
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Gardening in a small space. Hoping for the best but fearing the worst. September 1, 2013. When we left for our holiday last Saturday, the cat was packed off to a cattery and I’d done all I could to prepare the garden for us not to be around. By Sunday evening I was suffering from separation anxiety! We spent our week in Somerset, near Burnham on Sea in a lodge on a farm. If I share some photos, I can write less. The view from our kitchen window. Oh well, back to normality. September 1, 2013 at 12:54 pm.
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September | 2013 | quitegifted
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Gardening in a small space. Monthly Archives: September, 2013. No shortage of tomatoes. September 29, 2013. Well, I’m really just down to my last tomatoes in the garden which are green which I think I will probably pick and decide what to do with over the next few days, either chutney or ripen them indoors. Put the oven on at about 100 oC, nice and low. Cut a “v” to remove the centre. This is where a good deal of patience helps. dry them for 10-12 hours! Turn the tomatoes over about half way through.
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Harvest Festival | quitegifted
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Gardening in a small space. October 8, 2013. This morning I was lucky enough to have the time to go along to the RHS Harvest Festival in London. My very first time at this, a very small venue but I spent a contented 45 minutes wandering around taking photos and grinning inanely to myself. I thought I’d share my photos with you. I was totally in awe of the size and quality of everything on show. I love these, they’re so quirky looking. I thought these photos intriguing. How is it even possible? Grow Our O...
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Butterflies and busyness | quitegifted
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Gardening in a small space. August 22, 2013. I’ve been busy with the kids some have had to grab a little time here and there each day to keep on top of things and generally get an idea of jobs I need to do. I’ve cut back the strawberry plants quite hard and cleared weeds and waste. Planted up, the Mexican tree spinach and Aquilegia. I always pile up cuttings and leave them for a day or two, it gives any bugs the opportunity to crawl away and find new homes. August 23, 2013 at 5:21 pm. Thank you for visit...
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Autumn in disguise | quitegifted
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Gardening in a small space. October 6, 2013. The weather today was glorious, I pottered in the garden in a t-shirt. Washing drying on the line and windows all fully open letting out the pungency of the last batch of chutney bubbling away on the stove. A good day! So I’ve been doing some more jobs to prepare for the coming months. I am one step ahead of the squirrels this year, my pots that have been planted up with Spring bulbs are now nice and secure un some netting. Apparently the slugs and snails don&...
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mungo33 | quitegifted
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Gardening in a small space. October 8, 2013. This morning I was lucky enough to have the time to go along to the RHS Harvest Festival in London. My very first time at this, a very small venue but I spent a contented 45 minutes wandering around taking photos and grinning inanely to myself. I thought I’d share my photos with you. I was totally in awe of the size and quality of everything on show. I love these, they’re so quirky looking. I thought these photos intriguing. How is it even possible? I am one s...
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No shortage of tomatoes | quitegifted
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Gardening in a small space. No shortage of tomatoes. September 29, 2013. Well, I’m really just down to my last tomatoes in the garden which are green which I think I will probably pick and decide what to do with over the next few days, either chutney or ripen them indoors. Put the oven on at about 100 oC, nice and low. Cut a “v” to remove the centre. This is where a good deal of patience helps. dry them for 10-12 hours! Turn the tomatoes over about half way through. In the garden, I am fighting a seeming...
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October | 2013 | quitegifted
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Gardening in a small space. Monthly Archives: October, 2013. October 8, 2013. This morning I was lucky enough to have the time to go along to the RHS Harvest Festival in London. My very first time at this, a very small venue but I spent a contented 45 minutes wandering around taking photos and grinning inanely to myself. I thought I’d share my photos with you. I was totally in awe of the size and quality of everything on show. I love these, they’re so quirky looking. I thought these photos intriguing.
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Tomato glut | quitegifted
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Gardening in a small space. September 3, 2013. Being a family of 4, rather unsurprisingly after having planted out 13 tomato plants (yes, I know! We have a glut of tomatoes. It’s exactly what I had hoped for. My 15 year old son is a big fan of the little sweet toms so we do get through a fair few off those and what we aren’t eating with meals or by just me when I’m grazing, my aim has always been to turn them into chutneys and the like. This is what I spent Tuesday doing. 2 tablespoons olive oil. I’...
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