Been aff aww day, an busy later, so we’re gawin early this Friday. It’s fuckin boilin! How are we keepin cool this weekend?

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      1 month ago

      Wearing sunscreen I hope. And an ice lolly or two. Have you been harvesting your garden yet? Mine is overflowin wi raspberries

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        Factor 50!! And i have mr freeze sour ice poles! Delish! The apple tree has a few apples growing but only thing ready is strawberries which I just eat when I see them!! What you for making??

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          Dessert mostly, berries galore! Even a few gooseberries this year. Neighbour gave me some red currants I turned into a pink lemonade. Tatties going to salads. Herbs for everything. Plums I thinned hard this year to hopefully see a smaller yet bigger crop. Apples going great again, last year I turned loads into apple and bramble jam. And loads of crumbles. And I fancy rowan jelly this year for the first time, and lavender chicken is a thing. I even had some dandelion leaves in my salad, and I fancy some nettles in a broth. You can even make sticky willy tea, but I haven’t been brave enough yet. Don’t eat the foxgloves though. Gardens are surprisingly edible

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            You have loads!!! Our garden is mostly for bees, butterflies and birds, so they eat it and we just admire!!

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            I read something, I forget where, about rowan berries having a toxin that’s bad for the kidneys. It may have meant just the raw ones. Would have to look it up in a decent foraging book though. The amount of “A.I.” generated misinformation that’s about now is horrendous.