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Daffodils
Posted on 9:30am Saturday 13th March 2010
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Savouring Seedy Sunday
Posted on 10:50am Monday 1st March 2010
Small is beautiful,saving seeds,growing crops and eating food as if people and the planet mattered.
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Love me , Love my seediness
Posted on 11:00am Wednesday 27th January 2010
Seedy Sunday, 7 February: halfway to St. Valentine’s day, halfway to heaven. Love me, love my seeds.
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The Constant Gardener
Posted on 7:10pm Friday 22nd January 2010
What makes a constant gardener? What makes a man for all seasons? Dick Jones gives us the answer.
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The Birds and the Bees...and Honey traps
Posted on 9:20am Monday 18th January 2010
When I began this blog I promised to write about hot beds, the birds and the bees and getting to know your onions. I want to be faithful to you, even though it will soon be time for seedy Sunday in Brighton.
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Bonfires: a symbol of purity?
Posted on 8:50am Wednesday 6th January 2010
There is little to match a blazing bonfire on a cold blue crisp day, when even the warmed mulled wine and hot home baked cakes struggle to touch your toes. I try to keep it quiet that this is also a potash party....
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Snow,snow ...sloe sloe gin
Posted on 6:46pm Sunday 20th December 2009
Is it nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune , or to take up arms against a seizure of slow gin and by opposing end it. Read on say I
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Lottie in cloud computer land
Posted on 12:00pm Thursday 3rd December 2009
Fantasizing about Lottie is about as tempted as many people come in Brighton to touching, feeling, smelling, tasting the good life. How many people have seen lettuce bolt, beans run or the fruit go pear shaped? It’s no surprise that fantasizing for farms is all the vogue with virtual Farmville
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November is a mournful month.
Posted on 9:00am Tuesday 24th November 2009
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Moctecmuza’s Delight.
Posted on 8:40am Wednesday 4th November 2009
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A Blaze of Glory
Posted on 8:20am Thursday 29th October 2009
I always wonder why politicians and bankers do not learn from Lottie; they should go out in a blaze of glory.
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A good week for frogs
Posted on 5:05pm Wednesday 7th October 2009
This is not a comment on the Conservative party and their failure to call for a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty and the diplomatic implications for France that wants a stronger Europe. No this is a comment on something more important, why Lottie likes frogs' legs.
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Ode to Autumn Lottie
Posted on 4:45pm Thursday 1st October 2009
The end of September and the end of Lottie? Certainly the end of our Indian summer and those dreamy sunny days, as autumn arrives I need to anticipate next spring.
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Seedy Lottie
Posted on 5:52pm Tuesday 22nd September 2009
It has been suggested that Lottie is promiscuous, which is offensive and takes anthropomorphism to a new level; however the same cannot be said about some about her offspring. You have to take great care where the offspring have been, who their neighbours are and what visitors they have been associating with. It is important to take precautions. Cucumbers for example have to be handled with care, not least of all the heritage long prickly varieties such as Mr. Lockie's Perfection
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Alan Phillips is an organic gardener who grows fruit and vegetables at his plot at the Weald Allotments in Hove. Here, he will be explaining his love for growing his own.
