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Little time for rest in the summer

Please tell me I’m not the only one finding it hard to ‘stop’ in the summer! Weeds keep growing, plants need tended to, grass needs cut, house to be cleaned, days out, teenager to keep busy….on and on it goes. Hard work looks like it’s paying off on the plot though: For the first time…
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What do ‘normal’ people do?

This question popped into my head today as I was standing in my kitchen, blitzing cooked, home-grown pumpkin to a puree. It crossed my mind that the average person in this town doesn’t grow their own pumpkin, and doesn’t therefore, cook the flesh and make puree with it. They certainly don’t do through the process…
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Weekends and busy days
Do you ever have that feeling where you feel like you’ve done a weeks worth of ‘stuff’ in a couple of days? Its not planned but it happens – and its wonderful! I will start with allotment news: The harvests are coming in now, for which I am immensely grateful. Its easy to think that…




