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Mr Flowers, our most beautiful and quite old peacock, loses his feathers in the late summer and has now commenced to grow back his long long tail. Every year this happens. His feathers are the br...

https://thekitchensgarden.com/2023/11/12/feathers-for-mr-flowers/

I saw the first robin yesterday. Is spring here yet? Um no. Because it was literally slating for a short while. Covering the windows in ice that almost immediately melted back off. But the robins...

https://thekitchensgarden.com/2023/02/28/robin-red-breast-has-arrived/

The family has been busy these last few weeks minding The Matriarch who had a fall. You know how these things are. But with a very determined and positive attitude she is well on the way to a com...

https://thekitchensgarden.com/2021/08/28/little-hiccups-along-the-road/

By the end of Autumn John usually has the glass house planted and producing but this year there have been interruptions to some of the familial rhythms.  So I decided to take the bull by the ho...

https://thekitchensgarden.com/2017/12/03/wildcard-garden/

SQUARE POTS? MADNESS!

https://thekitchensgarden.com/2017/09/20/square-pots/