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Potato Day and Seedy Sunday
Wow what a busy weekend – and no time for gardening! Saturday was Heart of England Organic Group‘s annual potato day – always on the first Saturday of February if you want to put it in your diary for evermore. … Continue reading
Exciting start to 2017
I spent a lovely weekend at Graceworks on an Introduction to Permaculture course. I actually did this same course this time last year, and hoped it would lead to a full Permaculture Design Course (PDC). But there weren’t enough folk interested … Continue reading
Posted in Permaculture, Uncategorized
Tagged Graceworks, HEOG, inspiration, January, Leicester, new beginnings, PDC, photos, potato day, seed swap, seed swaps, seeds, seedy Sunday, winter
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This blog is not my life!
I read recently on the BBC that social media can damage your mental health. The idea behind the article was that looking enviously at other people’s lives, as portrayed on Facebook etc. is bad for you as you compare your … Continue reading
Posted in Other, Uncategorized
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Christmas at Home on the Hill
Christmas is a pretty big deal round here – I know it’s not everyone favourite time of year and some people find it incredibly difficult, but I love it. A time for celebrating whatever good we can find in the … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas, Cooking, Crafts, Festivals, House, not garden, Uncategorized
Tagged Christmas dinner, Christmas tree, decorations, family, inspiration, parties, party
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Autumn diary
I had meant to try and write a short post each week, including diary updates of what I’ve been up to in the garden, but I got a bit sidelined into something else important. Oh well… So for this post … Continue reading
Posted in Composting, Fruit, Organic gardening, Ornamentals, Sheds and workspaces, Uncategorized, Vegetables
Tagged autumn, beans, calendula, compost, flowers, gardening, greenhouse, harvest, organising, organizing, parsnips, pergola, photography, photos, pond, seeds, shrubs, squash, tulips, woodland
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Potatoes 2016
I thought I’d write short reviews of the crops I grew this year and ideas of what i want to do differently next year. So I’ll start with the potatoes I harvested a few weekends ago. They were Sarpo Mira, … Continue reading
Posted in Organic gardening, Uncategorized, Vegetables
Tagged gardening, no-dig, organic gardening group, potato, potatoes, sarpo, spud, spuds
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Cuttings v2.0
Sorry for the shock – 2 blog posts in so short a time. Yep, it’s time for another relaunch of Home on the Hill. You see, the main purpose of this blog is as a bit of a diary for … Continue reading
Posted in Organic gardening, Uncategorized
Tagged cuttings, greenhouse, ornamental gardening, propagation, salvia, salvias, September
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Making leafmould
From time to time I’ve written articles for Leicestershire Master Composters Composting Chronicle – a limited readership as I’m sure you can imagine. So I thought I’d ‘upcycle’ the work I’ve done and publish them here too. So, Autumn, a … Continue reading
Posted in Composting, Organic gardening, Permaculture, Uncategorized
Tagged autumn, compost, fall, leafmould, monthly jobs in the garden, September, Trees
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