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Month: May 2013

In My Kitchen, May 2013

On 31/05/2013 By Garden CorrespondentIn Uncategorized16 Comments

I know, it's the last day of May, but I was going to burst if I didn't manage to post a few photos from the kitchen over the past month. I've missed doing these posts, but luckily I've been able to stop in at a lot of great kitchens regardless. Check out Fig Jam and …

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Not exactly a back porch, but…

On 27/05/201327/05/2013 By Garden CorrespondentIn Uncategorized10 Comments

Celi, beloved chronicler of the Kitchen's Garden , posted a challenge last week asking us what we see from our back porches. I've been turning it over in my mind ever since (no doubt helped by the wonderful views that have been popping up in her posts). We don't have any back porches or even …

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Hi Mom!

On 12/05/2013 By Garden CorrespondentIn Uncategorized16 Comments

Happy Mother's Day!We celebrated the way we do every year -- by doing precisely nothing to mark the day. However, the weekend was full of nice surprises. It poured rain yesterday, for instance, and I took a nap with Kaya. It felt so decadent to be lying in bed listening to the rain and dozing …

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When noses weep

On 02/05/201302/05/2013 By Garden CorrespondentIn Uncategorized13 Comments

I wish I had Smell-O-Vision so that you could feast your noses on this: The jasmine is so strong that it smells a bit like bananas, and the red rose is seductive as ever. I have been cutting the flowers to make rose jam and rose sherbet. I collect the flowers in a big bowl …

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