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Each, Peach, Pear, Plum….
This is a blog about plums. Plum is a nice-sounding word. Like ‘plump’, round and cosy without being fat. And if you say it lots of times quite fast, it sounds like a small, naughty elephant running down a mossy … Continue reading
Fear and Loathing in Las Chickenas
Is it possible that, after all these years of carefully avoiding feather-contact situations, I might be able to overcome my phobia? As a psychologist, I would of course have to say yes. Desensitization; Flooding. Different approaches to the same goal, … Continue reading
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Salad anyone?
The salad output from the garden is increasing, and is in danger of overwhelming us. We’ve already done all the courgette freezing we might fancy, and now the tomatoes (2 varieties), lettuce (3 varieties) and the cucumbers are all in … Continue reading
Relief
It’s Saturday and clearly the weather has decided to give me a weekend break. I am happy to say that it is raining. Yes, lovely cool, wet stuff, falling from the cloudy sky and raising my spirits.Today I will keep … Continue reading
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Down Time
It’s a long time since I wrote anything on here. And before you ask, No, I haven’t finished the Pooh Corner map yet, and Yes I feel guilty about leaving Simon to keep the blog up to date all on … Continue reading
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Fencing and neighbours
We have the fence posts and the galvanised netting to construct a boundary around the garden. This is needed before we get the chickens, partly to keep away animals like dogs and foxes during the day, and partly to stop … Continue reading
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