Tag Archives: chokeberry

don’t do anything until you have to and then only do the minimum

Posted on October 7, 2018 by Anni Kelsey

I am working on a new book and hence all my writing effort has gone into that and there just hasn’t been sufficient spare time to keep this blog up to date.   Nor has there been much time to spend … Continue reading →

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harvest only enough

Posted on August 4, 2018 by Anni Kelsey

This is a bumper summer for soft fruit – the first really good year since the garden began.  Despite the soaring temperatures and almost total lack of rain the currants and berries have produced amazingly well.  One of the blackcurrants … Continue reading →

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Summer time ….

Posted on August 31, 2017 by Anni Kelsey

….. and despite the largely cool, cloudy and damp weather the garden is singing to me. We have eaten the offerings of the berry and currant bushes. The tree fruits are ripening on their as yet slender boughs.     … Continue reading →

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Biomass

Posted on July 20, 2016 by Anni Kelsey

I wanted a lot of growth this year, mostly for biomass to eventually decompose into humus to enrich the very stony and clay soil in my long bed.  On 6th June the cardoon which is at the centre of the … Continue reading →

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Seen on holiday …..

Posted on June 1, 2014 by Anni Kelsey

Just a mention of a few things I noticed whilst having a short camping break this weekend. Firstly, I know it must take a lot of effort to keep camping grounds in order and many sites work hard to landscape with trees, … Continue reading →

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