Posted in Flowers, Fruit, Sowing and planting, Vegetables on 25 March 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Although you can’t see it, this photo of blossom on a plum tree was taken during a snow shower yesterday.
This sudden burst of late wintry weather would be called takatalvi (back winter or the return of winter) in Finland, where I lived for a number of years, the difference being that takatalvi means snow in [...]
Posted in The plot, Welcome on 11 March 2008 | 1 Comment »
Just a couple of weeks after we reached 5000 hits, C&F is one year old today. Many thanks again to our readers everywhere.
By coincidence, today has seen the greatest number of visitors by miles since we began (158 and counting). My referrer stats suggest a reason for this: we are now available in translation-engine [...]
Posted in Courgettes, The plot on 2 March 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Twenty months or so after we began to fill our compost bin with fruit and veg peelings (and an awful lot of coffee filter papers), we used our own compost for the first time.
Yes, I know it isn’t very well turned. Sorting out some of the larger pieces of debris and returning them to the [...]
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