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In fact, the mere act of opening the box will determine the state of the cat, although in this case there were three determinate states the cat could be in: these being Alive, Dead, and Bloody Furious.”
– Terry Pratchet
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Alexanders, Beech leaves, Cow Parsley, Hairy Bittercress, Dandelion Flowers , Cleavers, Primroses, Ransoms, Sweet Violets, Hawthorn, Lime leaves, Red Clover, Ox-eye Daisy, Garlic Mustard, Wild Garlic
Tag Archives: damsons
Six on Saturday – Gutted and glutted
08/08/2020 The mercury in our greenhouse thermometer is practically bursting out of its tube! It’s hot, it’s clammy and it’s Six on Saturday time again, so I am joining The Propagator with six gardening vignettes to share for his weekly … Continue reading
Foraged blossom, stone fruit syrup and sticky date cake
I love this time of year, when the hedgerows around about become billowing white clouds of stone fruit blossom: Damsons, gages, bullace, wild plums and sloes. It is very transient, but beautiful. A while ago I wrote a post sharing … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Foraging, Recipes
Tagged #StayAtHome, cake, damsons, Foraging, Fruit growing, Gardening, Greengages, Sticky date cake recipe, Wild plum blossom syrup
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In a Vase on Monday – Blossom and Polyanthus
Well, with all the jam trees (old Chivers damson trees) in the garden bursting into flower over the last few days I couldn’t resist cutting a few branches to bring inside. I noticed the first blossoms opening when I went … Continue reading
Posted in Flowers
Tagged Blossom, damsons, Gardening, In a vase on Monday, Narcissus 'Cheerfulness', Narcissus 'Thalia', Photography, Polyanthus, Worm moon
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Wordless Wednesday :- Words for snow
Our little sliver of an old Chivers orchard has erupted into a blizzard of white:
Posted in fruit, Spring, Trees
Tagged Blossom, damsons, Flowering trees, Gardening, Greengages, Photography, Plum, sloes, stone fruit
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Nature’s surprises
This week I started to hear strange noises from the underside of my car. We were on the slow morning crawl into town when we started to hear odd metal pinging sounds beneath us, like rivets snapping, then something like … Continue reading
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