Mourning summer’s end
and looking back at this growing season
Notes from a quiet life
Posts from a Derbyshire village, to help you notice what's going on in the natural world, connect more deeply with the seasons, and find inspiration to forage, grow or cook. And in these difficult times, perhaps to find joy too.
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Apples and elderberries
A reshare of one of my first posts!
How to use up a courgette glut
I've done it again!
Seed saving as a radical act
What I've learned about seed-saving so far
Approaching Lammas
Nature feels slow, yet abundant - but crying out for rain
A practical post about blackberries
What you can make and some folklore too
On blackberries, and the changing climate
We spotted the very first ripe blackberry on the 7th July, a full fortnight earlier than last year.
Long, languid summer days: Derbyshire in July
Seasonal change in nature and on the plot
The rose, a memory keeper
Nostalgia, joy and sadness
The perfect taste of strawberries in June
Deep red, firm and fat, jammy and sweet
The magic of midsummer
Last night, 11pm.
June on the allotment
The first harvests, and accepting failure