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Planting trees – the long game

July 8, 2014by alderandash 19 Comments

So here’s a little encouragement to anyone thinking of planting a tree or two…Three years ago, we planted a tiny ‘copse’ of about 50 bare-root saplings, most only about 60cm […]

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Sustainable living, Trees & wood fuel

In the veg plot – July

July 7, 2014by alderandash 16 Comments

Time for this month’s veg plot update. We’ve not been eating nearly as much as usual from the veg plot this year, thanks mainly to pigeons, which have been a […]

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Garden & growing, Garden Share Collective, Pigs

Last Chance Elderflower Cordial

June 23, 2014by alderandash 20 Comments

Today, my son and I made Last Chance Elderflower Cordial.  It’s best made weeks ago, back in early June when the fragrant, frothy flower-heads first appear in the lanes. But […]

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Hedgerow recipes

Midsummer’s Day

June 21, 2014by alderandash 14 Comments

Nine twenty-five. That’s the time the sun was due to set today, here in the East of England. Sunrise was 4.35am (apparently – I was definitely not awake), giving us […]

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Seasons

Say No to the Mow

June 19, 2014by alderandash 19 Comments

The weather is warming up and the grass is starting to really grow. And grow. At the weekend, the air is filled with that sound of Summer, the gentle hum […]

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Sustainable living, Wildlife & wildflowers

Pigs pigs pigs

June 14, 2014by alderandash 21 Comments

And here they are…meet the lovely Biscuit and Curly, our two weaner pigs.  We are raising them for meat, in a ‘pig share’ with friends. We went to collect the piglets […]

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Pigs, Sustainable living

In the veg plot

May 31, 2014by alderandash 19 Comments

Wow, the last month has zoomed by. It’s time for the monthly round-up of veg plots around the world, hosted by Liz at Strayed from the Table in Australia. I’ve […]

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Garden & growing, Garden Share Collective

Guess who’s coming to the plot…

May 15, 2014by alderandash 24 Comments

Can you guess who’s arriving next week…? As far as I know, big bad wolves no longer roam Suffolk, so hopefully this nice metal pig-ark, borrowed from kind farming friends, […]

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Pigs, Sustainable living

Tree Following – May

May 14, 2014by alderandash 4 Comments

Just a quick last-minute update on my Common Alder (Alnus Glutinosa), just before the link at Loose and Leafy – the kind host of the Tree Following project – closes for […]

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Trees & wood fuel

The bees swarm!

May 13, 2014by alderandash 10 Comments

So, this happened two weekends ago. Our friend J, who keeps some of his hives here, tapped on the door and said, “Do you want to see the bees swarm?” […]

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Bees

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