Sep 19, 2021 | Mickey's Blog
There were tomatoes! The first of the season. I guess they’d be described as ‘vine-ripened’ in the shops, which is just the way the come in the garden!
Sep 19, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, Out & About
Market stall, The Society inc. Flea Market on Saturday morning. What a lovely treat to see so many friends, and a joy to share the pavement with delightful sparks of creative energy. It was a fun morning (though I fear that like everyone else, I spent more than I...
Sep 19, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, Out & About
I’ll also be taking my favourite Moroccan baskets (the ones I use all the time in the garden for weeding & deadheading), balls of flax twine (the best presents always come tied up with string) and a colander full of hardworking nail brushes – the ones...
Sep 19, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, Out & About
Of course, I’ll have lots of jars of Seville Orange Marmalade at the Christmas Flea Market on Saturday as well – it wouldn’t be Christmas without it (not in this household anyway!).
Sep 19, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, Out & About
It began months ago…..tracking down the perfect coir pots…. And taking cuttings of my rose-scented Pelargoniums. So that I have pots to sell at Sibella’s Christmas Flea Market this coming Saturday 7 December: The Society inc.18 Stewart Street...
Sep 19, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, Kitchen Gardening
Companion planting is a term that alludes to so many different ideas; whether planting specifically for the purpose of controlling (or confusing pests), bringing in good bugs, or the likelihood of one or more plants benefiting from the other’s presence. But I...