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Month: January 2012

What’s growing

On 30/01/201230/01/2012 By Garden CorrespondentIn Uncategorized5 Comments

A friend asked me on the phone what we're eating from the garden lately, so I was moved to take few snaps while I was out weeding and manuring yesterday. One of the most productive beds at the moment is this keyhole bed with salad material on one side and then brassicas (mostly bok choy …

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A glimpse of the sun

On 27/01/201227/01/2012 By Garden CorrespondentIn Uncategorized2 Comments

During the hot, dry months of summer I dream of rain, but it's hard to imagine that now. We've had a procession of wet, gray days, so when the sun came out this morning, it was intoxicating. Everything looked lovely. We had our one freezing week in January, so the semi-tropical plants are all withered …

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a.k.a

On 25/01/2012 By Garden CorrespondentIn Uncategorized2 Comments

We are back in the garden at last! Four days in Istanbul was more than enough running around for me. It was so busy that I didn't even have time to stand still long enough to wish all and sundry a very happy year of the dragon (or, for that matter, to thank anyone for …

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Could do better

On 22/01/201222/01/2012 By Garden CorrespondentIn Uncategorized3 Comments

It's the semester break at last, and we are in Istanbul for a few days. We did a bit of running around today, in the faintly carnival atmosphere of the first day of the hols, and Baki encountered a personal hero: His report card was full of good news, which was a pleasant surprise. I …

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Bread saga

On 07/01/2012 By Garden CorrespondentIn Uncategorized4 Comments

We're in the midst of a stormy weekend out in the garden. It has been raining all day with the occasional downpour and one or two mad hail showers, with little white hailstones bouncing about everywhere. Tonight there is wind, great gusts of it. There are times when the wind is so strong that the …

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