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Tag: plaiting garlic

July 11, 2012July 11, 2012Zoe

Garlic plait

June 29, 2009June 29, 2009Zoe

Garlic plaiting

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A bunch of classic golden daffodils from the allotment. I’d never pick them from the garden, but happy to gather these from the plot to brighten the house up. Simple pleasures are so valuable right now.
We woke up to thick freezing fog this morning and quickly reconsidered our planned trip to the allotment. So we took the dog for a walk along the river and then decided to pass by the allotment in our way home ‘just to check it’. By the time we got there the sun had broken through and warmed us up. Before you know it, coats were shedded, hoes dug out of the shed, and an hour later we’d weeded half the plot. It felt really good to make a start. This is perpetual spinach which has been growing since last autumn. It looks a bit better for a trim and tidy-up (see ‘before’ pic 2) and there’s lot of new growth which should keep us going until it starts to flower in the summer. Once it flowers I’ll let the bees do their job, allow the seed heads to form and dry, and then start again in autumn.
Ways to use up one enormous cabbage. Welcome to my exciting #lockdownlife 😜 and as if I wasn’t going crazy enough, drawing the inside of a cabbage drove me proper loopy! 🥬 Here’s hoping I can start drawing some flowers again soon.
I have a plan, the weather has warmed up, my first seeds have started to germinate, and now I can't wait to get going.
How gorgeous is this Moss? As well as lichen, I’m a member of the moss appreciation society too. It’s like a bright velvety carpet growing over the wall. No filter used.
A study of lichen.

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