Author Archives: Jo

And so a year goes by…

 …without a post! Scandalous!  Since my last (real) post in July ’12 there’ve been a few developments – new and interesting job in September – which ate up most of my spare time from September through to March this year.  … Continue reading

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Community Gardening in Tooting

Hello world, it’s been a while. Apologies. I lost a lot of May and the first part of June to a cough that would not die and have been playing catch up ever since!  Also  been a bit busy blogging … Continue reading

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Garden Organic’s Master Gardener Induction – Day 1

I’ve just spent the most wonderful (sunny!) day at the Centre for Wildlife Gardening (well worth a visit) with three of Garden Organic‘s fab staff and 18 other South London gardeners completing Day 1 of the Master Gardener induction. Which … Continue reading

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Cranberry & Orange Muffins

The results of last night’s baking are rather lovely. Cranberry and Orange muffins with certain “off-recipe” additions, notably chopped pecans, several teaspoons of Neal’s Yard Omega Sprinkle (lovely sunflower, pumpkin, poppy & other seeds mix) and some dark choc chips … Continue reading

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Balham Farmers’ Market

I’ve been a fan of Farmers’ Markets since I tried out one in Clapham back in 2007. The Clapham market used to be part of the London Farmers’ Markets but has since either ceased trading or split off from the … Continue reading

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