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Month: August 2012

Fill-in-the-blank cake

On 31/08/201231/08/2012 By Garden CorrespondentIn Uncategorized19 Comments

When we first moved down here, we brought along with us two scraggly little lavender plants. They were so small and insignificant that we planted them together, side by side, in front of the house. Four years later, they have cascaded down the hill, a formidable hedge of silver and purple. Ali doesn't like to …

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How do you address a tree?

On 24/08/201224/08/2012 By Garden CorrespondentIn Uncategorized13 Comments

I have always liked to read the paper, and while many newspapers have perfectly good websites, I just can't enjoy reading them online as much as I do rustling through paper pages. To that end, we subscribe to the Guardian Weekly, and although it reaches us a little late, it serves us well in thoroughly …

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In My Kitchen, August 2012

On 17/08/201217/08/2012 By Garden CorrespondentIn Uncategorized29 Comments

I've been an enthusiastic follower of the In My Kitchen series that Celia, over at Fig Jam and Lime Cordial does for a while, so I thought I'd have a go. (My kitchen is outdoors, hence the lack of walls.) This month in my kitchen there is: A bottle of chili oil This is an …

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write it down

On 10/08/2012 By Garden CorrespondentIn Uncategorized9 Comments

Well, the storage space us empty, as are the bookshelves on our old house (in fact, I took the shelves too). The movers were just about able to close the truck, and then they had to tie the bed on to the back of it. I arrived in Antalya with the boys yesterday at noon, …

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Gold medal slob

On 08/08/2012 By Garden CorrespondentIn Uncategorized17 Comments

I remember when I gave my notice at work before moving to Antalya, I mentioned in passing to my boss that I was hoping to learn how to spin wool. He commented that I ought to have plenty of time for that, living in the middle of nowhere. As it turns out, although I did …

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