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Living in the North of Scotland, vegan, home educating, dancing, cake eating, writing, woodland walking... no set subject matter here really though :)
The more ancient archives are the old home ed diary starting in June 2005 and evolving on from there.
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recipe of the moment
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things we like
Salt of the Earth deodorant
totally natural and awesome!
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Beautifully pure laundry nuts... better for the planet and your skin... works out cheap too.
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The greatest blender ever...
The Vitamix!
Used daily by us :)
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Coconut oil is a youth enhancing, beautiful smelling moisturiser, a healthy cooking oil and a hair conditioner...
from amazon.co.ukor Amazon.com
books
A great little guide to Britain's wild foods
Amazon.co.uk
How to Grow Your Own Food: A Week-by-week Guide to Wild Life Friendly Fruit and Vegetable Gardening - actually a very good, humorous read too. Full of practical advice for getting the most food out of your garden.
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Popular Posts
About posted on January 14, 2010 
three vegan childhoods posted on May 8, 2012 
flowers, water, books and sunshine posted on May 5, 2012 
planting log, sitting, eating, stones and sea posted on May 15, 2010 
red dragon pie posted on January 9, 2012 
Happy Birthday Charlotte :) posted on December 15, 2006 
first ever blog post posted on June 7, 2005 
gourmet raw brownies and crisps posted on January 17, 2012 
piano metaphor posted on April 24, 2007 
old pictures posted on January 19, 2010
Tag Archives: grow
faeryland
These cards remind me of the woods – a lovely story telling tool Other faery places: CD of ROC’s lectures UK and US, there is deep wisdom within, much before it’s time as concerns the environment. Related posts:book & chocvikings and sculpturesfrosty
herbish
and as recommended by the tasty herbalsist – a totally gorgeous tea this one, were drinking it with the fresh leaves just now :) fruitish: and finally some more plantings of lettuce and salad leaves: a favourite book being perused just now – the complete book of herbs Related posts:trekking and chemistrymaths and bramblesburnt out
stones, chickens, nettles
Parkhouse stone circle – we have visited this circle so many times, having lived closeby for 12 years, that it always feels very welcoming and familiar At the farming museum we saw a Rhode Island Red mum with Silkie chicks (she had sat on the eggs): The dandelion pancakes have been written up here, chive [...]
planting log, sitting, eating, stones and sea
I have just planted over 300 little leeks, lots of kale and purple sprouting brocolli seedlings, carrots, radish, garlic, basil, sunflowers and flat leaf parsley as an alternative to the madly (but wonderfully) continually self seeding curly The thinking of the planting this year is to grow things that both do well up here and that [...]
growth
Planted my berry bushes from Suttons yesterday, well protected there from the rabbits Potatoes are going in today… Dipping into the Anastasia series again to get truly inspired again with growing, so different from anything else I’ve ever read. Made wonderful leek, potato and wild garlic soup from the recipe on Cat’s blog Related posts:pie [...]
of Russians and swans
Totally loving the gorgeous springness that is all around now Had some lovely wild garlic pesto yesterday and think may do same today. Seems to have less of a garlic hit when very young though still very good. Swans are still following us around – whooping ones fly over the garden and woods regularly just [...]
rainbow
Related posts:getting better all the time…treespotatoes
Spring pics
free veg seeds from the bbc here Related posts:maths and bramblesband of brothersstrawberries
polytunnels and taps
Weve had a few spring-like days now, causing me to dig over some ground for the little polytunnel and clean and set up the coldframe to let the ground warm up for salad seeds. Browsing Suttons trying to decide what to plant this year – will have more room with extra raised beds… this really [...]
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among the snowdrops
more snow… some little bits I’ve been meaning to mention spread among the lovely signs of spring to come Wayne Dyer’s new program: Excuses Begone! – been enjoying listening to that – he is always so motivational and uplifting. The Bristol Dyslexia Centre has some interesting stuff on it’s site including some free educational games taken from the [...]
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