Mimi Codd
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Growing Saffron
At then beginning of October last year I was browsing online, looking for something to plant and grow in those days when the summer harvests were coming to an end and I wasn’t yet quite ready to embrace the shortening days. Quite by chance I found some discounted saffron crocus bulbs online, and the impulsive
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Batch Upcycling
Today was the first day of the year that I have looked outside and thought ‘it won’t be long before I can hang my washing outside’, and the idea filled me with joy. The idea of clean fresh clothes fluttering in a sunny breeze will be a welcome relief to both the senses and the
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A T-shirt To Retire In
Last year, my seven year old learned about the stages of life at school, as he traced his own background and learned about childhood, teenage years, adulthood, and old age. One of the stages of life they covered was later life; specifically the link between retirement and old age. They learned about being ‘elderly’ and
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A Top Transformation
Before Christmas I was kindly given a pile of tops from a friend who was having a sort through her collection (and I really do mean collection, stripy tops are her trademark) and had some that were too big for her. I was really grateful for them as Bean is rapidly growing upwards, and as
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Garden Planning 2023
Late January feels bitterly cold, with snow still on the ground and new layers of frost that build upon each other with no relief from a thaw. It’s a time when I want to be out in the garden more as a new year is calling, but the cold this year is a painful one
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Homemade Marmalade
Seville orange season coincides perfectly with the darkest, coldest days of winter here in the northern hemisphere, and the smell of bitter oranges and sugar bubbling away and filling the house with warmth is an antidote to the frosty mornings. I had never made marmalade before, but a post from Rekha’s Garden Kitchen somehow awakened