a weblog with an allotment attached
20 December 2007
Well, I know that at least one regular reader has noticed that the Soup has been in scarce supply round here (thanks Gareth!). According to my archives, this is a pattern at this time of year - all my soupy thoughts seem to go into hibernation. I’d like to say that I go […]
Filed under: Seasons - winter — Clare @ 12:51 pm
9 February 2007
The snow shows no sign of stopping here - the sky is full of it. The roads are slow and getting worse and people’s tempers are fraying. I just heard a woman who had been driving down our street leap out of her car (once she’d swerved to a stop) and scream at […]
Filed under: Music, Seasons - winter — Clare @ 5:15 pm
8 February 2007
Fed up with this mild, pathetic excuse for a winter? Need some really cold weather? Snow, perhaps? Never fear. Here at Pumpkin Soup we have just the thing. Simply speak the following words:
It’s still a bit early for both carrots and onions so I’m taking a little risk, but I’m hoping they […]
Filed under: Seasons - winter — Clare @ 10:28 am
3 February 2007
I know it’s warm and sunny out there but still, Spring just can’t come quickly enough for me.
Filed under: Seasons - winter, This much I know — Clare @ 2:58 pm
25 January 2007
We made a visit to the plot today and pootled around preparing a trench in the broad bean bed and pulling up weeds in what I think might become a bed for peas. The weather was sunny and frosty but really lovely so in theory we could have worked hard and come home feeling […]
Filed under: Hard labour, Seasons - winter — Clare @ 4:13 pm
18 January 2007
It’s blustery and blowy and wet and miserable outside, but my narcissus tete-a-tete think it’s spring already. They’re braver than I am. I agree that it’s mild for January but not so warm that I want to venture out in it. I still want to hibernate.
Filed under: Seasons - winter — Clare @ 1:53 pm
21 December 2006
This is the longest I have ever left between posts - a personal worst, if you will. There’s no excuse, other than being very busy on the one hand and rather uninspired on the other. Thank you to everyone who commented or emailed me to check out that I was still OK.
Here’s a […]
Filed under: Fallow, Mulch, Music, Seasons - winter — Clare @ 11:59 am
13 March 2006
What’s the weather like in your part of the world? Here it’s absoutely freezing. It’s too cold to even think about being down the allotment - though it’s not as if I actually have the time to go there anyway. It is the kind of weather that elicits cravings for comfort food, […]
Filed under: Recipes - P'soup, Seasons - winter — Clare @ 9:12 pm