Posted in 1 on May 20, 2009 | 30 Comments »
A quiet moment in a sunny corner of the house one day this week. Let’s have a closer look at that hairy little face in the corner…
Tinker is adorable and extremely funny, but we are having huge problems with her jumping up which, now she can easily reach my shoulders when on hind legs, is [...]
Posted in 1, tagged climbing plants, first crops, morning sun, pergola, radishes, raised beds on May 15, 2009 | 71 Comments »
We’re eating the first summer produce from the garden: fat crunchy radishes and lots of frilly oakleaf lettuce. And here’s a quick progress update on the raised beds etc.
I’d had the idea for a central bower-type structure up which sweet peas and runner beans cold climb, and Stewart Walton and the lads from Hastings and [...]
Posted in 1, Blogs, eco-building, domestic life, greener living, gardening, tagged Derek Jarman, grapevines, Homemade book, raised beds, Sea kale, work on garden on May 5, 2009 | 17 Comments »
The sea kale is up on the beach. Every year, come March, I wonder where it is, and panic that maybe it is not going to appear this spring. And then up through the shingle come those dark purple shoots, frilling out into glaucous green leaves that over the course of a month or two [...]
Homemade: Gorgeous Things to Make with Love
with Ros Badger
(Collins £20).
People have been talking about the Weekend Book in messages here, so I thought I would put a cover up (click for a link to order it) - and one of my next book (written with my friend Ros Badger ) - which will be out in early May. As people who have always made things at home - Ros is a great knitter and crocheter, and I love making things from the garden, whether that's planting up pots as presents, cooking chutney and jams or festooning the house with leaves and flowers - we've collected some of what we think are our best ideas into a book of around 80 projects, all of which have all been beautifully photographed. For more on these books, and the others that I have written, and links to order them, please go to my website and click on Books.
The Wonderful Weekend Book: Reclaim Life's Simple Pleasures
(John Murray £12.99)
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