Happy New Year and Welcome
To my readers and followers, happy new year and welcome to 2024, I hope to share another year of fun, ideas and inspiration from my home, my garden and my wardrobe with you. For new… View Post
Pumpkin Spice: How to Add Orange to Your Home and Wardrobe
Autumn is here, and for me, nothing says Autumn like orange. From decorating the house with squash to keeping warm in golden-hued knitwear, finding ways to add orange to your home and wardrobe couldn’t be… View Post
Success with No-dig Spuds
For the sheer, childlike delight of ferreting around in the warm damp earth for signs of success, there is nothing more satisfying than growing potatoes. Certainly for me, they have always been a simple and… View Post
Codling moth and toffee apple steamed pudding: Tree Following August 2023
I thought wormy apples were just an inevitability, but it seems they are probably caused by codling moth (in our case any way). We may not be able to get rid of them but by… View Post
How to Use Windfall Apples: Toffee Apple Steamed Pudding Recipe
We eat a lot of apples but our dessert apple tree ripens early, and they don’t store well. We also have a problem with codling moth, which means many apples drop early and with the… View Post
