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A garden is always a series of losses set against a few triumphs, like life itself – May Sarton I’m new to blogging which also seems for me to be a series of losses with a few triumphs – I’m enjoying learning though! Subscribe below to get notified when I post new updates.

Gardening has definitely improved my patience. For example I have no choice but to accept that I will have to wait at least another 6 months to start trying to improve on this year’s tomato crop – two small fruits that never ripened and ended up as chutney! Every year I have to wait for… Read more

This week I became a domestic goddess – I made chutney for the very first time! This was prompted by a WhatsApp from Victoria – could I do anything with her green home grown tomatoes? I couldn’t help a twinge of jealousy – at least she had what could be described as a crop of… Read more