They’re amazing producers, giving a really high yield of cherry tomatoes on just one bush. I’m not buying anymore tomato seeds either. I’ve got a multi-pack of a dozen varieties from a Lithuanian producer. I was thinking they might be dodgy, especially as I couldn’t read the ...
Also I’ve planted peas for eating as pea shoots. Plus, I’ve started off my pointed red peppers (fingers crossed) since they take so long to grow I need to get them going earlier, rather than later. Next month it will be tomatoes. I’m already having requests for plants. A relative...
There was a mama bird in the rhododendron bush again. I have pictures, from years ago, of a robin’s nest in the same bush: from the little blue eggs to the baby birds as they grew and stretched and learned how to fly. But the rhododendron bush has grown much bigger over the years...
That was the speech where when he finished, this is inaugural address, when he finished, former President George W. Bush reportedly leaned over to someone next to him and said, and I quote, that was some weird bleep. Well, that weird bleep, the American carnage speech, was written by Tr...
Once I got home I had a few hours to work (where I got a reservation- thank you). Then a group of my friends came over for a belated Birthday party- Sarah Creer, Megan Steinberg, Emily Hancock, Adrienne Jensen and Melanie Bush. We had a great time eating yummy cupcakes that Melanie...
failed to use the power to any meaningful effect. Absolutely nobody is walking around saying "the Bush tax cuts were great, but I'm sure glad they were slightly smaller than the president original proposed." Either taking advantage of the low interest rate environment of the aughts to pass ...
Her husband agrees, adding, "I always find that the best relationships are the ones that you really root for the other person and you really try and help them in achieving their goals. Ultimately, your happiness is the other person being happy, right?" ...
This year has been challenging, I’ve lost two close relatives and there have been lots of difficult times. Quiet moments like these; walking up a frosty driveway and finding bright berries on a holly bush to remember and reflect have been good. Christmas is Christmas because of the people...
LOOKING: at the large miniature rose bush, I need to go and deadhead it again A 6 mile circular walk on Sunday LISTENING: to Craig Charles on BBC 6M WISHING: for a garden dibber ENJOYING: researching my family tree EATING: fresh berries, greengages and nectarines APPRECIATING: that I ca...
giving a really high yield of cherry tomatoes on just one bush. I’m not buying anymore tomato seeds either. I’ve got a multi-pack of a dozen varieties from a Lithuanian producer. I was thinking they might be dodgy, especially as I couldn’t read the packets (!) but the varieties ...