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Looking for garden and craft inspiration?
If you are looking for a little inspiration, allow me to share the Nairn & District Gardening Club 42nd Annual Show for 2024. I managed a very quick look around the show this year as I was a little later than I had intended. I must admit, even though I don’t enter competitions like this,…
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Is it time kombucha and I went our separate ways?
I think the time has come for me to put an end to my relationship with kombucha. It’s time for brutal honesty and the truth is I’m not even that keen on it. I only do the first fermentation process. I’ve never done a second, to add a flavour, because I’m scared of it exploding.…
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Daily Prompt #7 ‘What do you listen to while you work?’
Well that would depend on the type of work so I’ll go through my top 3. If I am writing, say at the laptop or on paper – yes, I am old-school and I still use paper. In fact, it is probably my favourite way to write as there is something about the flow of…
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Weather – stop complaining!
We complain about the weather a lot in the UK but maybe we shouldn’t. I have been keeping an eye on the weather forecast for weeks now. I may have mentioned once or twice before my many vegetables which are struggling to do anything much due to our cold and wet conditions. I then thought…
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Feeling overwhelmed? Maybe these simple strategies can help you be happily productive – without the stress!
When we are overwhelmed by how much we have to do, it’s easy to run round in circles, achieving nothing. What we need are useful strategies which will help us get the work done, without leaving us feeling exhausted. I make a daily to-do list and recently I was noticing that more and more things…
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Recognising seedlings when weeding – parsnips
It’s an important part of weeding – recognising plants you want to keep when they are at seedling stage and this week it was the parsnips I was weeding. The area I had to clear had the little bit of the onion patch on one side which I hadn’t quite finished, and the patch with…
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Why is it so hard for people to help?
If you come across someone obviously needing help, do you jump in or wait for someone else to do it? This question came into my mind today because of a situation I came across and the outcome really surprised me (and made me a little angry if I’m honest). I was driving into the car…
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You can’t trust ants (they are in cahoots with the aphids!)
When I saw an aphid infestation on my willow tree, I thought to myself ‘don’t panic, there will be a biological control along soon enough’. When I saw the ants I thought the problem was solved. I was wrong. It turns out when you see something like this: It is a beautiful example of a…
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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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Would you have done this – would you trust your gut instinct?
I mentioned in a previous post about some car trouble we were having and I needed to find a mobile mechanic as I couldn’t move the car to get it to the garage, but it turned out to be a situation which required a lot of trust on both sides. I found a website for…
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