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Monthly Archives: January 2013
Things that are good to hear
I heard two nice things about my book this week. One in the form of a note from one of my parents’ friends, who has read and enjoyed it (and thought I sounded like “a very practical person”, which pleased … Continue reading
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Knitting merrily along
I’ve just realised that while I blog occasionally about sewing, I virtually never blog about knitting, despite the fact that I always have at least one (usually more) projects on the go. Leon wearing his jacket Recently finished projects: a … Continue reading
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Tagged craft, knitting, leon, making things, projects
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Snowy plants
Four or five inches of snow on my raised beds earlier this week, but looks like the beans, peas, & garlic at least are trucking along under there. I got my tiny garden apprentice to help me take a look … Continue reading
Sewing beyond my means: halfway through
Back in November, I decided to have a go at a quilt-as-you-go patchwork version of Amy Butler’s Weekender Bag. Since then I’ve been steadily ploughing onwards a bit at a time, and now I’ve finished the piecing, and am halfway … Continue reading
Garden planning 2013: back garden
My rough plan for the year! It would be better with a sketch, & I may try to add one (I have one in my notebook). Now I need to transfer it all to the calendar.
Travel busy bag for a 10 month old
We travel by train quite a bit, and Leon is getting beyond the age where just waving my keys in front of him will distract him. Today I constructed a travel busy bag for him, with ideas from a couple … Continue reading
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Tagged busy bag, kids, leon, making things, sewing, travel
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Shallow growing
In the course of planning both back & front gardens, I need a list of things that will grow in shallow (6-9″) containers, as I have quite a lot of them. Herewith the results of my research thus far. Greens: … Continue reading
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New year, new growth
I don’t really do resolutions per se (this post by Meg Barker is excellent on the matter). But if you looked out, on a bright, sunny New Year morning, at your patio (or balcony, or windowbox…) and thought about growing … Continue reading
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Tagged fruit, microgreens, planning, winter
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Winter cooking
The rosemary in the back garden is doing well enough that even at this time of year, I could go out and hack four decent-size sticks off it with no concern: When I took that, I’d already put half the … Continue reading