I will never find it again [please send me a link if see the original], but
a few weeks ago a TikTok* went through my feed in which a woman is invited
to...
Today the 7th July 2021 was the first inspection of the year by our (UK’s)
APHA or Animal and Plant Health Agency. It was a special sort of day, as
our i...
From HERB, published by Quadrille, 2021 Depending on what you eat before
you serve this, you may feel this needs a little straightening out with
flaky sa...
[image: This way to the bar sign from Malvern]
Firstly, thank you for reading *Veg Plotting*! It's good to know you like
the blog enough to subscribe.
T...
Bill Cat has been missing for over a week, presumed dead.
We got Bill, and his brother Ted, from a rescue centre around six months
after we moved to ...
Mexico City has long been loved for its sense of green, so if you get the
chance to visit after these troubled times of Covid-19, try to include
Javier S...
The days after Christmas, for me, are bitter sweet. On the one hand I’m
glad that all the presents have been distributed, the cooking is over and I
no long...
I bought a pomegranate tree about 7 years ago. It spent a couple of years
in a pot and then I planted it out to a spot that gets a reasonable amount
of aft...
Riding the D010 along Turkey's Black Sea coast The 1,200 miles across
Turkey was a good time for reflection. The days were warm and the nights
cool. Most o...
Blogging feels very retro these days. I started this blog in 2009 and then
abandoned it in 2012 and lately I've been thinking about getting back on it
agai...
Amazing how we grow and evolve. We follow our passions and goals; they
evolve and come in and out of focus. For example, I started this blog
because I l...
There’s no denying that when you live in a place you often don’t make an
effort to visit many of its attractions, probably because you think that
there wil...
First time a bait hive has worked for me. I have swarms arrive and take up
residence in piles of bee boxes, where they weren't welcome, but never into
a p...
Don’t own acres of rolling New Zealand countryside or a trusty beekeeping
outfit? Here’s my cheat’s guide to making your very own ‘mocknuka’ honey
from h...
Joseph Strutt, *A Complete View of the Dress and Habits of the People of
England*, First published in 1796, reprinted, 1841.
From this terrific yellow cov...
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