This is a photo of one of my old compost bins. I bought these in about 2003 (?) at a local “buy everything home and garden” store. They have lived in just so many places around the garden over the years and are still hanging together in spite of it all. But, in my experience,… Continue reading Adapt and repair what you already have-10th October 2022
Tag: Frugal gardening
Courgette Soup- 16th September 2022
I don’t know how they do it! There are always a few that get away from me, hiding in the leaves unseen until they are this size when eventually found. Never mind. Soup to the rescue. And these two are just about the perfect amount for the recipe. Now, many people I know absolutely love… Continue reading Courgette Soup- 16th September 2022
And a follow-up on the ruddy courgettes…3rd September 2022
A veritable tsunami of courgettes! All photos taken on the 1st of September. This post is a follow-up on my method of growing as it has thrown up some strange things. Have a look at the photos from the 6th August: Growing courgettes-06 August 2022 – Quotidian (quotidianblog1.uk) And here are the plants now: That… Continue reading And a follow-up on the ruddy courgettes…3rd September 2022
Cooking greens-2nd September 2022
Good grief!! This year is racing past! I am writing today’s post because, for a large portion of my life, I had no idea how to cook the vegetables pictured in the first photo today. Learning is one of the most precious things in my life and I hope to never stop learning so, just… Continue reading Cooking greens-2nd September 2022
Growing courgettes-6th August 2022
I have a summer love affair with courgettes, zucchini, summer squash…whatever you call it where you live. My garden never feels right without them in the summer and I always regret how many I plant. It is a lesson I just never learn. Well, it’s been worse this year than ever before. After years of… Continue reading Growing courgettes-6th August 2022
Blessed rain-2nd August 2022
When I emerge from our blacked-out bedroom in the morning, this is the view I most long for just now. Rain, blessed rain, on the skylight window. I stick my head out of the window as it is at head height and allow the water to mist my face and smell the heavenly scent of… Continue reading Blessed rain-2nd August 2022
Lazy Gardening-2nd July 2022
Certain jobs in the garden are not really jobs. They are pleasures. I work consistently to keep the bird bath cleaned and filled with fresh water from the water butts. And MY birds know it is there. It is the hottest ticket in town…if you are a bird. It is such a joy to watch… Continue reading Lazy Gardening-2nd July 2022
Lavender-30 June 2022
This little lavender hedge is about 15 years old now and this spot has been the most perfect place to grow lavender. It faces South and, although you can’t see it, is part of a raised border that has excellent drainage. The plants think they live in the South of France instead of dreary old… Continue reading Lavender-30 June 2022
A summer salad bed-14 June 2022
Adding a small bed along the side of the new compost container area was an after thought. The gardener had some extra boards left over from other raised bed edges and I thought a small bed just here, under the edge of the shade of the hazel tree, would work well for salads. He was… Continue reading A summer salad bed-14 June 2022
New Garden Friends- 11th April 2022
It’s been a while since I last posted here but Spring has arrived and I am in the garden. It is 127 steps from my greenhouse door up to the water tap at the back of the house and back again. So says my Fit Bit. Well, if you have a Fit Bit, surely you… Continue reading New Garden Friends- 11th April 2022
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