Bird Food Recipe – Vegan Fat Balls

  I think there is something fundamentally British about feeding the birds.  Maybe it’s my distant memories of watching Mary Poppins as a child, humming along to Julie Andrews singing ‘Feed the Birds’ or,  it’s memories of my grandparents and their obsession with buying either bird seed or a new feeder every time we went […]

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What’s in your compost?

It’s been a good while since I have written a blog post.  3 years to be exact… where has that time gone?!  Maybe I’ve just been waiting to write about something worthwhile.  Maybe, I’ve just been distracted by all the pretty pictures on Instagram.  Either way, I’ve written something new and it’s surprising how productive […]

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A Day Trip – Kew Gardens

  It’s a rare occasion when Jon and I manage to plan a day out.  With both of us being self-employed, our work hours are anti-social at the best of times.  We decided to take the opportunity of having less clients over the school holidays by booking in some ‘us’ time.   We took a […]

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Sweet Peas and Potting On

Last week turned out to be one of those weeks.  After scheduling hours in at the allotment for most of the week, we didn’t manage to get there once.  Personally, I get really disheartened when this happens.  You start to doubt whether you have enough time to manage.  You see the plots around you slowly developing […]

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