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Lessons from Lavender Cottage 1947
Lettuce soup as a starter for smart food thinking An article in The Guardian Cut Your Food Waste tells me that the amount of food we throw away in the UK is frightening. “The average UK household...
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To Catch A Thief
I stole the title of today’s post from a film, both metaphorically and literally. There I’ve confessed to my crime. I don’t know how Hitchcock would give my story a cinematic treatment, would he cast...
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A Pie For All Seasons
Make the pastry and choose the filling. There are days when I need simple and easy, there are days when I need inspiration and there are days when the chard and spinach growing on the allotment is on...
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Gardeners like gardens come in all shapes and sizes, as do strawberries
This weekend I visited a fascinating allotment where precision growing, exacting standards and uniformity were the RULE. The crops were pristine. The plot was pristine. Damn it even the gardener was...
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Which side of the lettuce fence do you stand and a classic Caesar salad
Which side of the lettuce fence do you stand? The lettuce fence would be very wobbly and wouldn’t last long, just think of all those rabbits charging in and demolishing it! But never mind, you know I’m...
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