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Monthly Archives: October 2012
Tidying up the garden for the winter
At the weekend I hoicked out the tomatoes (getting a fair crop of green tomatoes in the process), courgettes, gone-to-seed lettuce, and a bundle of unexpected carrots, to clear some space before winter. I also dug over the compost and … Continue reading
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Tagged broad beans, compost, gardening, growing things, lettuce, peas
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Canal paths and cargo trikes
Last week I took the Christiania (without baby) over to Three Mills to pick up a stack of recycled scaffolding board. Contrary to the doubt of the chap who loaded them up (“they’re really heavy, you know, will you be … Continue reading
Baby & trike: the next stage!
I’ve just realised that I have nearly no photos of L in the trike over the last 6 months; perhaps because we just use it as a transport option without thinking to take a photo. However! As of this week, … Continue reading
River of Flowers
I came across River of Flowers recently: a project aiming to plant and encourage urban wildflower meadows to help the flow of pollinators across London. (It’s now spread to elsewhere in the world.) As someone who’s trying to create her … Continue reading
Burning With Optimism’s Flames
Burning With Optimism’s Flames, containing my short story ‘Squatters Rights’, now out from Obverse Books as an ebook. Print copy to follow (or available now on pre-order). Really excited about this! The rest of the book is fab too. Can’t … Continue reading
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