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Garden Visitors
Spending time with the bees and butterflies in the garden. I wanted to round this week off by sharing a couple of snaps I got today when I was in the front garden. I’ve done a lot of pruning of trees there and haven’t been able to get to the branches to cut them down…
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Brassicas without the massacre
Last year was a disaster so I’m hoping this year will be a brassica win. We finally got a break in the weather to get up to the plot and get some of the brassicas in. We need to grow them under a cover with hoops due to the birds which will strip them in…
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Is This The Cutest Lurcher Ever?
Our lurcher Scooby likes to chat – a lot. This evening he looked like he was up to something so I took the opportunity to get a short recording of him and what it is like when we chat. Obviously we think he is the cutest dog there ever was but we might be a…
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Well I didn’t expect this on my birthday!
It was getting pretty late on my birthday and a snap decision was made to get a ‘nice bottle of wine and some munchies’. So off I went. Our local shop is open pretty late and I got there just 10 minutes before it closed, however, even as I approached their car park, I could…
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S5 Ep 4 The easiest and most useful herbs to grow in your garden
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-es7gu-1621968 Welcome to this weeks herb-filled episode of the My Slice of Life Podcast! Join me as I bring you some of the easiest herbs you can grow in your garden and what I consider to be some of the most useful! I’m not a herbalist but I’m sure you will love this herby selection…
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Birthdays
Do you still look forward to your birthday? I’m asking this today because I turned 50 at the weekend. Even as I type that, I still can’t quite believe it. It sounds so old, such a high number when my head still tries to convince me I’m still in the late 30s. I wasn’t sure…
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I thought I was on a winning streak…but no…
One step forwards two steps back – some days are just like that aren’t they? The day started pretty well, I was up at a good time, got some of my cleaning done, home-schooling, other things which need done daily: all good. Come dinner time, I was on a roll and was even happier when…
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Earthing – do you? Should you?
Whether you call it earthing or grounding, what is it and should you be doing it? The other day I did a post about electroculture which is supposed to help your plants be more healthy but what would you say if I told you there was a way for you to do the same sort…
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Do You Have a Favourite Day of The Week?
Here is why I don’t always jump to Friday. I was thinking about this earlier today when I worked out which day of the week it actually was. Have you ever spent a whole day thinking it was one thing then finding out it was something completely different and Bingo – you’ve gained a day?…
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Electroculture Gardening – what is it and can it boost your harvest?
Have you heard of electroculture gardening yet? It’s thought to date back to around the 1700s and seems to be yet another one of those things we discarded into the pit of knowledge – but it’s resurfacing big time. It is claimed it can boost your harvest by 100- 300% without needing to add extra…
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S5 Ep 3 Seed sowing, easy seeds to try and no-dig gardening!
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-28qp2-1617ecd Welcome to this weeks jam packed episode of the My Slice of Life Podcast! This week I delve into seed sowing, give you some ideas of easy seeds to try and no-dig gardening. All this and some cracking gardening tips thrown in too! This is the season to help and encourage you to grow…
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The Final Polytunnel Update
In the last update I gave you on the polytunnel, I showed you the very basic structure I had managed to get together using whatever I could get my hands on. Well hold on to your chair friends because I am delighted to announce: IT’S FINISHED!! Is it perfect? Absolutely not. The pipes lean backwards…
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