Monthly Archives: June 2012

I smell a bit of garlic at the moment…

And the garlic harvest is in! Good sized bulbs, despite the rust. Seventeen are I think the over wintered Thermidrome, the small one is I think a biennial from last year. I pulled up a shallot to see how they … Continue reading

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Farming sunlight

When I was lambing, back when I was but a nipper of a proto-vet, the farmer said to me that he didn’t farm sheep, grass was his crop. No, this wasn’t an admission of illicit herb horticulture, but recognition that … Continue reading

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We can’t think of a word that rhymes! Or… a title…

We went to visit Jingle, Ding and Dong on Saturday – this is AnM having a cuddle. And J with his Grandad. So sweet! He’s very well behaved for someone so small. Then on Sunday I spent a long 3-4 … Continue reading

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Como e Milano – andiamo!

We went to Lake Como and Milan for AnM’s 30th. After a plane, bus, train and taxi we ended up in Como, on the shores of Lake Como. The same day we took the funicular railway to the top of … Continue reading

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