Monthly Archives: November 2015

Treating the trees and lulling the children

It should have been an easy mechanical fix: attaching grease bands around the bottom of the trunks of our fruit trees. These are supposed to trap winter moth caterpillars and maybe also ants which ‘farm’ the aphids which have so … Continue reading

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Harvest supper 2015

Our fifth harvest supper! Like last year, our harvest was relatively early and much of our produce was finished by the end of September. But this year we did have leeks – funny little green wisps in March, huge fat … Continue reading

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