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Around the garden – En el huerto
A few photos from around my garden. I love the photo above, Luffa Cylindrica. It reminds me of when my kids were babies and held my finger so tightly. Unas cuantas fotos de mi huerto. Me encanta la...
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Clumsyness – Torpeza
Do you remember that lovely string of tomatoes? The tips are still strung, but not the tomatoes. I think I may have mentioned how clumsy I am before. As a kid I used to walk in to doors all the time...
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Phoenix roebelenii
My Dad asked me to look after some plants for him that had been neglected for some time. I was pretty sure this pigmy palm (Phoenix roebelenii) was a goner but then suddenly some new leaves started...
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Tomates de Ramallet – Second attempt.
I strung some more tomatoes! Hoping they last longer than last time! Hilé más tomates! Espero que dure un poco más que la última ristra!
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Aeonium decorum
I fell in love with this succulent a few years ago and went back to visit recently! Each rosette is very small, no more than 3 or 4 cms across. Me enamoré de esta suculenta hace unos años y volví a...
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Cherry Season!
It is cherry season here! Unfortunately it is always too short but for a few weeks we all enjoy as many cherries as we can! We also have some delicious blackberries, lemons and strawberries growing in...
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Indigo Seeds
In the excitement of planting the seeds of the Polygonum Tinctorium I grew in Spain I spilled my seed packet over! I tried to spread them out but this is what my seedlings looked like last week. Not...
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Gazpacho.
I love gazpacho but until I bought a good blender it was such a pain to make that I rarely prepared it at home. In the past I had to blanche and peel the tomatoes, grill and peel the peppers, remove...
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Harvesting Indigo Seeds
This post is for Maria who was asking about how and when to harvest indigo seeds on Jo’s Loft’s Facebook page. Hopefully it will be helpful to a few others too. Esta entrada es para Maria que me pedía...
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Indigo Seeds
I don’t have as many seeds as I did last year but I’d love to share them with anyone interested in growing Japanese Indigo. Leave me a comment and I’ll send the first 30 people a seed packet with...
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