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 …
Author: Garden Correspondent
Gardener, mom, reader, and all round messy person.
Beans just got more interesting
The other day I stopped at a roadside meatball place to grab a bite on my way to buy a few trees. Meatballs, or kofte, are sort of their own food group here, and one thing you can count on is that if a place specialises in grilled kofte, piyaz is probably on the menu …
Earth Poetry
(Can you spot the sliver of rainbow in there ?) Poetry month now, Earth Day tomorrow. We can hit them both at once. Since everyone's gardens are waking up (at least the Northern hemisphere ones) and so many blogs I read are full of the optimism of Spring and the new growing season, I wanted …
Incubator update
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Big cheer, medium cheer, little cheer.
We have been celebrating some around here, some things quietly, some not.To begin with the least quiet celebration imaginable, Baki had his first proper birthday party yesterday (although he turns 8 on the 28th). Until last year, I was able to convince him that birthdays were something celebrated with your family. Then he started primary …
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