Frogcast
Two of them are bellowing to each other this evening. For the record, I just saw a fish, so there’s at least one of them alive.
Garden & Pond
News of plants, toads, fish, trains and anything else growing on my patch of land.
The Potato Harvest: Red Duke of York
Time for the Red Duke of Yorks. I didn’t get many pototoes from such a bit pot. I hope there are more Maris Peers under there… We Lewesians are getting […]
New Fish
Three new fish in the pond today – tiddlers fresh from the garden centre. They’re testing the water – after the last lot disappeared, and the tadpoles too, it’s possible […]
Potato Update
When the subject of chitting came up before it proved surprisingly controversial. Since I’ve only planted 9 seed potatoes, sticking them on the windowsill in egg boxes didn’t really constitute […]
Squirrel Attack
He’s after my nuts.
The Garlic Forest
“Rather than a bluebell wood” said my sister, “it’s a forest of garlic”. And it was. This ramson floored glade lies on the banks of the Coly. A friend has […]
Watercress
This is one of my favourite vegetables. When I dug my pond, a couple of years back, a friend told me you could grow watercress just by throwing it in […]
Potatoes!
My back “garden” (yard) is pretty small. I want to grow vegetables. With my pond, pear tree, roses, fruit and herbs, there’s not really room for pototatoes. But fresh (I […]
SPAWN!
My frisky frogs have brought about the most exciting thing to happen in the pond since the baby fish 18 months ago: two great lumps of spawn (the smaller one […]
Quince and Pear Tart
A colleague gave me some quinces and the last of my pears were going very soft, so I boiled them down and made a quince and pear tart. I’ve added […]
Netting
I’d forgotten how much I loath this stuff. It catches on everything. Anyway, it may not be elegant, but ’tis done, so come on leaves, do your worst. Still no […]
Pears and Pond Damage
This last crop brings the this year’s total to well over 100! Not all the pears were harvested. Because of the bumper crop I’ve been picky, and chucked the blemished […]