Posted in 1, Blogs, eco-building, domestic life, greener living, gardening on June 25, 2009 | 15 Comments »
Happy sunny days. There has been much time spent at the beach, walking the dogs and paddling at low tide, or swimming out to where the sky and sea meet in a merging of limpid blues….
The evenings seem to stretch on for ever, and Mary and I often take a bike ride after supper, dogs [...]
Posted in 1, Blogs, eco-building, domestic life, greener living, gardening, tagged Centranthus ruber, lettuce and other crops, pots round door, raised beds, valerian on June 17, 2009 | 12 Comments »
It’s the valerian season again – or, rather, that of Centranthus ruber, otherwise known as jupiter’s beard and kiss me quick, and a great coloniser of beaches and dry ground. In the golden evening sunlight the colours – all shades of pink through to deep crimson, rich red and the occasional patch of pure white [...]
Posted in 1, Blogs, eco-building, domestic life, greener living, gardening, tagged elderflower cordial, garden on June 8, 2009 | 9 Comments »
We’ve been making elderflower cordial here. There’s such an abundance of the fragrant, creamy white flowers everywhere – both in the lanes and in our back garden – that it seems a waste not to make as much of it as we can. After all, it freezes well, and if made with citric acid along [...]
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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