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lovely breakfast

By Lucy | Published October 29, 2011

A toasted onion and poppy seed bagel topped with hummus, chervil, rocket and tomato; a perfect mix of freshness and solidity for a cold morning A month or so ago I pulled out all the shot rocket and chervil from one of the raised beds, leaving behind only the cut and come again lettuces from [...]

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finally… a blog post

By Lucy | Published April 10, 2011

Seem to be having some trouble prioritising blogging (the smiley denotes that I do not actually care about this in the slightest so do not expect it to change anytime soon ) So, instead, I will draw your attention to a new blog on the sidebar. It makes me giggle every morning as I swig nettle tea [...]

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early morning

By Lucy | Published November 26, 2010

Related posts:girls go up the mountainfaerylandheron in the trees

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winter

By Lucy | Published November 8, 2010

Visually there are still some autumnal things going on: How did I miss the twenty pence piece beside it? Only noticed it in the photo! *plans reconnaissance mission* But the temperature tells the true story. Hot water bottle season is upon us. Winds whip round the house and through the trees. Vegan Yule and Frugal Christmas are [...]

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sea and roots

By Lucy | Published October 16, 2010

cool little thing this – The Scale of the Universe Related posts:a day of trains, mountains and friendspretty nowa fleeting season

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melons

By Lucy | Published October 12, 2010

 There were two of them in the end, tiny, perfectly ripe and beautiful Poor plant is brown and dead now, about to go into compost for the raised beds. Earlier mention of melon whilst still growing Related posts:toasties and arthappy smoothiethe sacking of deer abbey

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a fleeting season

By Lucy | Published October 10, 2010

Related posts:paint and flamesfruitful flowers and summer readingmelons

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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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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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