Archive of Gardening
In the garden again
on August 21st, 2010 in Chickens, Gardening by Dan | 27 CommentsThere is a secret to gardening that they don’t tell you in any of the books or TV shows. But it’s a secret that’s well worth knowing none-the-less: Always take your glasses off before you go out to do some work in the garden. This year alone I have lost…
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Squash
on October 25th, 2009 in Uncategorized by Dan | 20 CommentsYesterday I asked you to identify what this was: Arjan and Dad Who Writes thought it was a giant courgette. Don’t they know that giant courgettes are actually called marrows? Arjan I can forgive because his first language is Holandish (or is that Netherlandese), but for Dad Who Writes there…
Continue reading...Old McHughes’ Farm update
on October 24th, 2009 in Uncategorized by Dan | 8 CommentsAmy’s school had their harvest festival last week, which was good because we had a particular revolting brand of tinned spaghetti in the cupboard we needed to get shot of. I often think that there should be some sort of international UN or NATO version of harvest festival; where all…
Continue reading...An English country garden
on July 8th, 2007 in Gardening, Vegetables by Dan | 8 CommentsLast month was the third wettest June in the UK since records began, beaten only by 1912 and 1982. What’s more the BBC claims July is going to be pretty rainy too; it certainly has been so far. All this has meant I haven’t got out in the garden very…
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