Category Archives: garden

a random hotchpotch of things

By Lucy | Published September 23, 2010

education: Potatoes for Schools registration is now open for 2011 – free seed potatoes, available to home educators too The BBC Scottish History section is very good, nice timelines going on. on self esteem: We Teach What We Are - a blog from Wayne Dyer on the best we can do for young people. Page 20 [...]

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Autumn

By Lucy | Published September 22, 2010

The equinox occurs at 4.03am tomorrow morning. A time of balance and harvest. Here we have broccoli, kale, leeks, carrots, apples and even finally courgettes in great abundance. The peas and beans are still producing though more slowly and it’s time for brambles in the smoothies. I love how the sunflower heads get bigger and [...]

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sheep, a candle, a cake and the sky

By Lucy | Published September 5, 2010

another soul searching Transformation Game was played… it really does embody that Findhorn-esque quality of sharing and discovering deep things openly with others, love it. Wonderful companion to the morning pages of The Artist’s Way. Related posts:cherry treecakethe Solstice sun rises

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the melon

By Lucy | Published August 30, 2010

Was amazed to notice this morning, that one of the tiny melons has swelled into a potentially viable fruit! Back when planting, I did read about the ‘proper’ way to grow melons, cutting them right back and only leaving 2 or 3 fruits for the energy and nutrients to focus upon. But the plant vined all [...]

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this morning

By Lucy | Published August 28, 2010

setting the above as my desktop (click for bigger image – creative commons so anyone can download) doing: 5 Tibetans listening: Gregorian Chant (CD bought on our visit to Pluscarden Abbey a couple of years ago) reading: The Abundance Book and The Wine of Angels off to pick almost the last of the blackcurrants for a smoothie [...]

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raised beds

By Lucy | Published August 24, 2010

We have 3 new ones for next season, hopefully one more to come Planning to give over the whole allotment bit at the bottom of the garden to potatoes next year, with the chives, rhubarb and some other bits (maybe leeks? nasturtiums?) for biodiversity. It’s been really noticable this year that the more food we [...]

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Montbretia

By Lucy | Published August 21, 2010

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apples

By Lucy | Published August 20, 2010

there will be pie tonight  and there was indeed… served with oatly Related posts:cold frame and pumpkinsDunideer, Leith Hall and DaviotSolstice Chocolate Refrigerator Christmas Cake

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Transformation

By Lucy | Published August 19, 2010

Angel party playing The Transformation Game, a spookily accurate spiritual game devised at Findhorn. Wonderfully light humour pervades it. Related posts:autumnlittle logssnow…

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broad beans

By Lucy | Published August 14, 2010

I worked very hard painting that furniture so expect to see it in every picture! Shelling the beans was somewhat labour intensive, aching arms for one bowl to put in soup… While shelling I contemplated growing runner beans instead next year… But then I put them in the leek and potato soup a couple of [...]

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