I had such an inspiring post from a woman called Caz who has 5 children who admitted that getting housework done is a challenge but this very blog had inspired her. I was so flattered and so pleased that she’d written to me I thought I’d stop thinking about the garden for a while and [...]
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I’m writing this with tears pouring down my cheeks as I’ve learned this week that one of the mothers I wait in the playground with is having treatment for cervical cancer. Sam is the mother of four young children and was so kind to me when I told her I’d miscarried my pregnancy. When I [...] I’ve not put much energy into writing as every spare moment seems to be spent at my new potting table getting more little pots filled with seed compost,adding some seeds,labelling,watering and finding another bit of space in the lounge which now even smells like a greenhouse! So far we have planted tomatoes [...] Blimey what a heavenly weekend –all four of us spent it in the garden doing loads of work to our rented house’s garden. We moved into this house last summer just as the heat wave began and had lots of unpacking and getting settled to be done. Last year we simply enjoyed the huge [...] This evening I watched a really great television proramme called ‘Christine’s Garden‘(great website too with lots of basic gardening tips) about a northern woman who is 100% into her garden and her job as a horticulturalist. She LOVES gardening and she especially loves spring time as things are changing every day,sprouting,growing and [...] Beefburgers with secret veggies stashed inside (from Libby who I suspect became domestic quite a while ago and could probably run seminars to the rest of us attempting to become domestic one distant day) I use organic beef mince..then throw in a naughty packet of frozen steamed veg which I’ve blended a bit..then add [...] I’ve started adding a note about what we ate in our house at the end of most posts partly because I’m always really inspired by whatever other people are making (thanks Libby for your great ‘Beefburgers with secret veggies stashed inside’recipe this week –see above) but also as I do have a brain [...] A lovely birthday present to me from Bealers this week was an hour spent on this blog installing a spam filter &ensuring that any email sent to the ‘becomingdomestic.co.uk’domain now gets to me. I was really shame-faced when he discovered at least 5 or so comments from lovely readers asking questions or just [...] I was a tad taken aback by this comment I received today having suffered a miscarriage at 12 weeks just one month ago: Do you think there is a conflict between your desire to be green,and to have more children? e.g. see:http://observer.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,2036598,00.html David. BUT then [...] | ||||||
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