Making jam!
I’m not sure we can declare it a tradition just yet as it’s only our second year doing it, but as of last year, we’ve been making jam from the plums that grow in a family friend’s garden. They’re cherry plums (we think) and as far as we know they started fruiting last August. I…
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On taking summer holidays
This year I’ve had the luxury of taking a summer holiday. I was going to write ‘for the first time since school’ but actually, my last summer holiday was the summer of 2020 when I finished uni, before starting my first job in November of that year. So when you put it like that, it…
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Giving Mr Fothergill a run for his money
This growing season I’ve become obsessed with collecting seeds. I don’t know when it happened, but all of a sudden all I can think about when I see a dried up flowerhead is that it’s full of growing potential for next year. It feels like such a life hack. I’ve grown flowers from seeds I…
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Hello world!
This is my new website for all things creative and fun! Here I’ll post anything from design projects and illustrations to garden updates and food I’ve cooked recently. I want this to be a place where I can record all my creative endeavours to refer back to, and share with anyone in the world who…
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