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June Bunches
The first post I did for this in April was called Bouquet Practice I am going to change the name to Bunches as Bouquet sounds a little grand for what I am doing and I love the name posies but not sure that’s generic enough – I also like the word fafferie so may call it June Fafferie – July Fafferie – And I may add Faerie to the end so it would be June Fafferie Faerie – I don’t know I like both of those to be honest like a monthly update…? Anyway the faffing with the flowers is back on… Friday 4 June saw my first bunch of…
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Cake Rhubarb
I love rhubarb – the colour the smell – we lived in a house a few years ago where they had the most ENORMOUSE and GORGEOUS rhubarb plant / bush? thing anyway – every year now I think oh maybe I’ll grow one – but they do take up a LOT of space… well I haven’t done it yet maybe one year… I followed this recipe I have to say it was seriously good – I did alter the topping bit as it was the wrong ratio for me – so I did 25g butter and 4tbsp flour – the rest I left as it was – but I also…
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Mid May Update
It is all going to fast – May please slow down a little… I saw a fun post on some social media site I don’t know where but it was like May now I know why this month is called May (I have added a few of my own as well…) May Rain May Snow May -be sunny May get the last of these seeds planted
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May
Welcome May welcome welcome – like every month so far this year it seems like the world has exceedingly high hopes for you – I feel it is almost a little unfair to put such high expectations on a month… ummm So April showers were supposed to bring May Flowers… except April was one of the driest on record… what is that going to hold – lots of watering or not too many flowers I’m not sure. I have lots of thinkings going on in my brain at the moment – I appear to have taken the beginning of each new month this year almost with the same thought process…
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End April
April seems to have lots of posts of chat… I’m not sure that April is the month to tell yourself you are going to BOSS IT but hey I needed a bit of a shove, nudge, push and it felt right at the when I said it – Looking back I have not BOSSED it but the thought that I set that as my goal actually has helped – I have had many down days probably just as many as any other time – but I have kept telling myself, you said you were going to boss it so get bossing girl. Lessons – learnt or thought about Take things…
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April Update
Ok its nearly the end of April 23/04/20 to be exact – I feel crappy – this gardening malarkey is making me crazy – I mean it is probably good for me as all I want to do is run run run far away from it – and I can’t! 🙁 – its so hot in the day (UK warm) everything is drying out and in need of water and and ATTENTION and and and… then its so bloody cold at night that everything is freezing freezing freezing – so watering is a nightmare – planting up seeds is a nightmare – this gardening is a nightmare… I am a…
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Mid April
As the title suggests it is mid April already and today I don’t feel like I am BOSSING it (which is Aprils theme…) – for the uber observant you might see the dates are odd – I wrote this mid April but didn’t post until 23/04/21 – I feel deflated and just like I am going to fail… I know all that ‘fail’ crap like what is it about – I mean when my friends of family wobble I give them the medicine – don’t worry and don’t wobble you will be fine – hold on tight you will be fine. insert a page or 2 pics from charlies book…
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Sweet Peas
I think I have a love hate relationship with these… I adore them but boy I personally don’t find them easy to grow… they need attention they are not something you can kind of just chuck in and let them get on with it – in my experience anyway. I am all for planting seeds – I love it – but these are very cheap to buy from your local garden centre / nursery if you just want a bucket – like seriously £2.00 for 10… – local supermarket probably does them in a cute bucket!!! – however if you want oooooddddles or if you want a specific variety or…
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Bouquet Practice – April
So bouquets… posies… or just random cutting from the garden… I am not sure but… at the moment I tend to let fear of my arrangements looking pretty dreadful stop me from just having a go – so since this month is BOSSING it month I’m going to start this… I am hoping to do lots as practice makes perfection– nah – I mean what does perfection even mean…? So practice brings improvement and hopefully will help me try different things and help develop different styles Above is a random bunch of flowers – well I guess technically foliage? Cut from my garden 03/04/21 – they are growing in the…
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April
Bl**dy FREEZING… well maybe not… but cold!!! Very Cold – its making me kinda garden crazy – I want to get my stuff out out out – especially things like my sweet peas – but as we say in the Cricket World – kid you can’t change the weather… So we start the month actually taking as much advantage as possible from sunshine and warmth that we do get and trying to pot up somethings – I think my focus is actually going to have to be these sweet peas and planting the rest of my seeds. Below is direct from budtoseed website – I just keep re-reading it –…