<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383116334393634933</id><updated>2012-02-09T22:57:11.548Z</updated><category term='cooking'/><category term='Mr-I-Wish-To-Remain'/><category term='spouse'/><category term='Mr Forge'/><category term='Rebus'/><category term='village'/><category term='Capt Mannering'/><category term='Mel'/><category term='lake'/><category term='garden'/><category term='birds'/><category term='nature'/><category term='veg-on-the-edge'/><category term='pub'/><category term='book'/><category term='Lugg'/><category term='Bruv'/><category term='building'/><category term='nephew'/><category term='Tarquin'/><category term='Fishy Mike'/><category term='chickens'/><category term='fishing'/><category term='godchild'/><category term='Mother'/><category term='cat'/><category term='veg'/><category term='work'/><category term='sister'/><category term='dood'/><category term='canute'/><title type='text'>Veg Plot</title><subtitle type='html'>Spawn of Allotment 21</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default?start-index=101&amp;max-results=100'/><author><name>Frankie @ Veg Plot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17922995992473118940</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/RY7RQxL_5rI/AAAAAAAAAAc/0jkYuo295V8/s200/cucumber.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>683</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383116334393634933.post-5664144424689781335</id><published>2012-02-07T17:36:00.003Z</published><updated>2012-02-07T17:36:56.305Z</updated><title type='text'>Fruit Trees</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VOMxviSVifs/TzFftpix0oI/AAAAAAAACgk/laA3GgUNVXc/s1600/IMGP0395.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="150" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VOMxviSVifs/TzFftpix0oI/AAAAAAAACgk/laA3GgUNVXc/s200/IMGP0395.JPG" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;I have just arrived home to find a very exciting parcel in the porch. Hopefully it contains a &lt;a href="http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2010/10/membrillo.html" target="_blank"&gt;quince&lt;/a&gt; and a plum tree.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;More membrillo, sherry and manchego cheese coming up!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1383116334393634933-5664144424689781335?l=vegcottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/feeds/5664144424689781335/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383116334393634933&amp;postID=5664144424689781335' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/5664144424689781335'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/5664144424689781335'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2012/02/trees.html' title='Fruit Trees'/><author><name>Frankie @ Veg Plot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17922995992473118940</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/RY7RQxL_5rI/AAAAAAAAAAc/0jkYuo295V8/s200/cucumber.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VOMxviSVifs/TzFftpix0oI/AAAAAAAACgk/laA3GgUNVXc/s72-c/IMGP0395.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383116334393634933.post-1155359575084959440</id><published>2012-01-28T12:58:00.000Z</published><updated>2012-01-28T12:58:06.846Z</updated><title type='text'>Crocus</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-hPL4QU8HDCY/TyPwCMbftwI/AAAAAAAACgc/QiskUt5Xb2M/s1600/IMGP0252.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="200" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-hPL4QU8HDCY/TyPwCMbftwI/AAAAAAAACgc/QiskUt5Xb2M/s200/IMGP0252.JPG" width="153" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;According to legend the Greek Gods Zeus &amp;amp; Hura loved each other so passionately that the land where they lived burst open with crocuses.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Not quite the case here but at least a quarter of the 200 I planted in &lt;a href="http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2010/08/i-never-want-to-plant-bulb-again.html" target="_blank"&gt;August 2010&lt;/a&gt; managed to survive.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Today I am glad of them. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1383116334393634933-1155359575084959440?l=vegcottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/feeds/1155359575084959440/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383116334393634933&amp;postID=1155359575084959440' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/1155359575084959440'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/1155359575084959440'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2012/01/crocus.html' title='Crocus'/><author><name>Frankie @ Veg Plot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17922995992473118940</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/RY7RQxL_5rI/AAAAAAAAAAc/0jkYuo295V8/s200/cucumber.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-hPL4QU8HDCY/TyPwCMbftwI/AAAAAAAACgc/QiskUt5Xb2M/s72-c/IMGP0252.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383116334393634933.post-7627730540532252463</id><published>2012-01-13T07:09:00.000Z</published><updated>2012-01-13T07:09:07.707Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cat'/><title type='text'>Damp Seeds</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fRmjyFtECGo/Tw_XUs-VwHI/AAAAAAAACgQ/yyXqaMfI7ks/s1600/IMGP0177.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="153" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fRmjyFtECGo/Tw_XUs-VwHI/AAAAAAAACgQ/yyXqaMfI7ks/s200/IMGP0177.JPG" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;All my seeds are neatly laid out on a towel today.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Note to Self: Never leave seed box beneath bedside table while drinking tea in the morning. Feargal the cat is likely to knock the tea into the seed box.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1383116334393634933-7627730540532252463?l=vegcottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/feeds/7627730540532252463/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383116334393634933&amp;postID=7627730540532252463' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/7627730540532252463'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/7627730540532252463'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2012/01/damp-seeds.html' title='Damp Seeds'/><author><name>Frankie @ Veg Plot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17922995992473118940</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/RY7RQxL_5rI/AAAAAAAAAAc/0jkYuo295V8/s200/cucumber.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fRmjyFtECGo/Tw_XUs-VwHI/AAAAAAAACgQ/yyXqaMfI7ks/s72-c/IMGP0177.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383116334393634933.post-1192094875652768917</id><published>2012-01-11T17:19:00.000Z</published><updated>2012-01-11T17:19:22.429Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cat'/><title type='text'>Fairy Flowers</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tn-yK21JISc/Tw3C_m0vqmI/AAAAAAAACgI/A5T6ZfTG-Es/s1600/IMGP0174.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="150" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tn-yK21JISc/Tw3C_m0vqmI/AAAAAAAACgI/A5T6ZfTG-Es/s200/IMGP0174.JPG" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;I spotted a primrose flowering in the dark outside my back door this morning.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Apparently, if you hang a spray of primroses on your door, you will attract fairies to visit and give fairy blessings.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Will have to dig out my Judy Garland records.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1383116334393634933-1192094875652768917?l=vegcottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/feeds/1192094875652768917/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383116334393634933&amp;postID=1192094875652768917' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/1192094875652768917'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/1192094875652768917'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2012/01/fairy-flowers.html' title='Fairy Flowers'/><author><name>Frankie @ Veg Plot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17922995992473118940</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/RY7RQxL_5rI/AAAAAAAAAAc/0jkYuo295V8/s200/cucumber.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tn-yK21JISc/Tw3C_m0vqmI/AAAAAAAACgI/A5T6ZfTG-Es/s72-c/IMGP0174.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383116334393634933.post-8696223380900187530</id><published>2012-01-09T18:03:00.001Z</published><updated>2012-01-09T18:03:17.497Z</updated><title type='text'>Bad Parent</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pmPgx5Vx8j0/Twsqy5B1cXI/AAAAAAAACgA/EMkVKHaQMHM/s1600/IMGP0159.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="200" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pmPgx5Vx8j0/Twsqy5B1cXI/AAAAAAAACgA/EMkVKHaQMHM/s200/IMGP0159.JPG" width="150" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Here are the veg beds before I got to work yesterday.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Not a bean was grown in 2011... Obviously this was a well thought out plan on my behalf to leave the ground fallow in order to produce a bumper 2012 crop.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Cough)&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1383116334393634933-8696223380900187530?l=vegcottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/feeds/8696223380900187530/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383116334393634933&amp;postID=8696223380900187530' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/8696223380900187530'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/8696223380900187530'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2012/01/bad-parent.html' title='Bad Parent'/><author><name>Frankie @ Veg Plot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17922995992473118940</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/RY7RQxL_5rI/AAAAAAAAAAc/0jkYuo295V8/s200/cucumber.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pmPgx5Vx8j0/Twsqy5B1cXI/AAAAAAAACgA/EMkVKHaQMHM/s72-c/IMGP0159.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383116334393634933.post-6021190968692940523</id><published>2012-01-08T15:14:00.003Z</published><updated>2012-01-09T08:44:53.022Z</updated><title type='text'>A New Bed to Lie In</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JuWrHLRYXHE/TwmxDm1xHQI/AAAAAAAACf0/rb4uhPM_Z80/s1600/IMGP0169.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="200" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JuWrHLRYXHE/TwmxDm1xHQI/AAAAAAAACf0/rb4uhPM_Z80/s200/IMGP0169.JPG" width="175" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;A newly dug veg bed is a metaphor for life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have no idea what I will sow, if it will grow, get a disease, be eaten by bugs or die.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hopefully it will thrive and I will eat it! &lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1383116334393634933-6021190968692940523?l=vegcottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/feeds/6021190968692940523/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383116334393634933&amp;postID=6021190968692940523' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/6021190968692940523'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/6021190968692940523'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2012/01/new-bed-to-lie-in.html' title='A New Bed to Lie In'/><author><name>Frankie @ Veg Plot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17922995992473118940</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/RY7RQxL_5rI/AAAAAAAAAAc/0jkYuo295V8/s200/cucumber.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JuWrHLRYXHE/TwmxDm1xHQI/AAAAAAAACf0/rb4uhPM_Z80/s72-c/IMGP0169.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total><georss:featurename>Pound Cottage, Bodenham, Hereford, County of Herefordshire HR1 3JY, UK</georss:featurename><georss:point>52.15693324702185 -2.6815009117126465</georss:point><georss:box>52.15632424702185 -2.6827349117126467 52.157542247021844 -2.6802669117126463</georss:box></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383116334393634933.post-7452356721626059976</id><published>2011-01-20T15:48:00.002Z</published><updated>2011-01-20T15:51:30.580Z</updated><title type='text'>The End</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TThZZki0EAI/AAAAAAAACfE/akSMKxD5CS0/s1600/testcard.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564295635457544194" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TThZZki0EAI/AAAAAAAACfE/akSMKxD5CS0/s200/testcard.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Veg Plot is coming to an end...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Watch this space for a new garden with better veg by the end of the year!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1383116334393634933-7452356721626059976?l=vegcottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/feeds/7452356721626059976/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383116334393634933&amp;postID=7452356721626059976' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/7452356721626059976'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/7452356721626059976'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2011/01/end.html' title='The End'/><author><name>Frankie @ Veg Plot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17922995992473118940</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/RY7RQxL_5rI/AAAAAAAAAAc/0jkYuo295V8/s200/cucumber.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TThZZki0EAI/AAAAAAAACfE/akSMKxD5CS0/s72-c/testcard.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383116334393634933.post-8318451834556133292</id><published>2011-01-09T16:23:00.002Z</published><updated>2011-01-09T16:32:06.549Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='garden'/><title type='text'>More Signs</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TSnhBpEL80I/AAAAAAAACe8/-VAjUfXPldc/s1600/IMGP9285.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TSnhBpEL80I/AAAAAAAACe8/-VAjUfXPldc/s200/IMGP9285.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560222633285120834" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The snowdrops are emerging and according to legend, Eve expelled from the Garden of Eden was about to give up hope that the cold winter would ever end. An Angel appeared and transformed some snowflakes into snowdrop flowers, proving that the winters do eventually give way to the spring.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'll hold that thought.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1383116334393634933-8318451834556133292?l=vegcottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/feeds/8318451834556133292/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383116334393634933&amp;postID=8318451834556133292' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/8318451834556133292'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/8318451834556133292'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2011/01/more-signs.html' title='More Signs'/><author><name>Frankie @ Veg Plot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17922995992473118940</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/RY7RQxL_5rI/AAAAAAAAAAc/0jkYuo295V8/s200/cucumber.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TSnhBpEL80I/AAAAAAAACe8/-VAjUfXPldc/s72-c/IMGP9285.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383116334393634933.post-7776383314112720048</id><published>2011-01-03T12:03:00.002Z</published><updated>2011-01-03T12:03:00.601Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='veg'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='garden'/><title type='text'>Plant of the Month</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TSBpt0zZ-1I/AAAAAAAACe0/XfEgIanStkk/s1600/IMGP9273.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TSBpt0zZ-1I/AAAAAAAACe0/XfEgIanStkk/s200/IMGP9273.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557558176164477778" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;January is not my favourite month. While moping about the veg plot looking at all the dead and rotting vegetation it was wonderful to spot the first shoots of rhubarb forcing their way up.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Roll on summer.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1383116334393634933-7776383314112720048?l=vegcottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/feeds/7776383314112720048/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383116334393634933&amp;postID=7776383314112720048' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/7776383314112720048'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/7776383314112720048'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2011/01/plant-of-month.html' title='Plant of the Month'/><author><name>Frankie @ Veg Plot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17922995992473118940</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/RY7RQxL_5rI/AAAAAAAAAAc/0jkYuo295V8/s200/cucumber.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TSBpt0zZ-1I/AAAAAAAACe0/XfEgIanStkk/s72-c/IMGP9273.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383116334393634933.post-1816753968342067543</id><published>2011-01-02T11:59:00.002Z</published><updated>2011-01-02T12:03:29.256Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='garden'/><title type='text'>Found Them!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TSBo2cqWXeI/AAAAAAAACes/4XIZpcZXDq8/s1600/IMGP9269.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TSBo2cqWXeI/AAAAAAAACes/4XIZpcZXDq8/s200/IMGP9269.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557557224791236066" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I decided to get out in the garden now that the snow has gone. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Everything has turned to sludge but at least I found the secateurs that I lost last summer.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1383116334393634933-1816753968342067543?l=vegcottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/feeds/1816753968342067543/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383116334393634933&amp;postID=1816753968342067543' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/1816753968342067543'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/1816753968342067543'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2011/01/found-them.html' title='Found Them!'/><author><name>Frankie @ Veg Plot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17922995992473118940</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/RY7RQxL_5rI/AAAAAAAAAAc/0jkYuo295V8/s200/cucumber.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TSBo2cqWXeI/AAAAAAAACes/4XIZpcZXDq8/s72-c/IMGP9269.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383116334393634933.post-2467233539915995107</id><published>2010-12-26T11:11:00.002Z</published><updated>2010-12-26T11:13:40.690Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='veg'/><title type='text'>More Seeds</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TRci3BRyX2I/AAAAAAAACek/68kaV2nUa5A/s1600/41Y6Q66YJKL._SS500_.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TRci3BRyX2I/AAAAAAAACek/68kaV2nUa5A/s200/41Y6Q66YJKL._SS500_.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554946994015985506" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;A new cook book for Christmas is already inspiring me to sow sorrel (never grown before), lots more beans, peas and kale....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So much for the New Year diet!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1383116334393634933-2467233539915995107?l=vegcottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/feeds/2467233539915995107/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383116334393634933&amp;postID=2467233539915995107' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/2467233539915995107'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/2467233539915995107'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2010/12/more-seeds.html' title='More Seeds'/><author><name>Frankie @ Veg Plot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17922995992473118940</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/RY7RQxL_5rI/AAAAAAAAAAc/0jkYuo295V8/s200/cucumber.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TRci3BRyX2I/AAAAAAAACek/68kaV2nUa5A/s72-c/41Y6Q66YJKL._SS500_.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383116334393634933.post-1523084418156599962</id><published>2010-12-24T13:11:00.002Z</published><updated>2010-12-24T13:15:02.916Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='birds'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spouse'/><title type='text'>A New Bird on the Garden List</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TRScMu-XGjI/AAAAAAAACec/vBUF79p0GbU/s1600/IMGP8894.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TRScMu-XGjI/AAAAAAAACec/vBUF79p0GbU/s200/IMGP8894.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554235983036619314" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I got very excited when I spotted what looked like a pigeon with big feet in the garden. I took loads of photos expecting Spouse to declare it a huge rarity.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It turned out to be a &lt;a href="http://www.birdsofbritain.co.uk/bird-guide/moorhen.asp"&gt;Moorhen&lt;/a&gt;, common throughout the UK but a first in the garden.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1383116334393634933-1523084418156599962?l=vegcottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/feeds/1523084418156599962/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383116334393634933&amp;postID=1523084418156599962' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/1523084418156599962'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/1523084418156599962'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2010/12/new-bird-on-garden-list.html' title='A New Bird on the Garden List'/><author><name>Frankie @ Veg Plot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17922995992473118940</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/RY7RQxL_5rI/AAAAAAAAAAc/0jkYuo295V8/s200/cucumber.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TRScMu-XGjI/AAAAAAAACec/vBUF79p0GbU/s72-c/IMGP8894.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383116334393634933.post-9071750641205806812</id><published>2010-12-22T11:57:00.001Z</published><updated>2010-12-22T12:01:39.852Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='chickens'/><title type='text'>Moult</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TRHnr2b-hHI/AAAAAAAACeQ/T0XXsIAATrw/s1600/IMGP8759.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TRHnr2b-hHI/AAAAAAAACeQ/T0XXsIAATrw/s200/IMGP8759.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553474556057781362" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Poor old Cousin Sue has picked the couldest time of the year to moult.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Am seriously considering putting a hot water bottle in the hen house.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1383116334393634933-9071750641205806812?l=vegcottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/feeds/9071750641205806812/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383116334393634933&amp;postID=9071750641205806812' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/9071750641205806812'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/9071750641205806812'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2010/12/moult.html' title='Moult'/><author><name>Frankie @ Veg Plot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17922995992473118940</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/RY7RQxL_5rI/AAAAAAAAAAc/0jkYuo295V8/s200/cucumber.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TRHnr2b-hHI/AAAAAAAACeQ/T0XXsIAATrw/s72-c/IMGP8759.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383116334393634933.post-5841328444459934928</id><published>2010-12-05T18:06:00.002Z</published><updated>2010-12-05T18:14:08.772Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mel'/><title type='text'>Basket Case</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TPvUtjV4nLI/AAAAAAAACeI/srtgfHps0ns/s1600/IMGP8399.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TPvUtjV4nLI/AAAAAAAACeI/srtgfHps0ns/s200/IMGP8399.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5547261245083131058" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Mel and I spent today learning how to make baskets with master craftswoman, &lt;a href="http://www.jennycrisp.co.uk/Site/homepage.html"&gt;Jenny Crisp&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It was rather like an appearance on the &lt;a href="http://www.ukgameshows.com/ukgs/The_Generation_Game"&gt;Generation Game&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1383116334393634933-5841328444459934928?l=vegcottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/feeds/5841328444459934928/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383116334393634933&amp;postID=5841328444459934928' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/5841328444459934928'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/5841328444459934928'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2010/12/basket-case.html' title='Basket Case'/><author><name>Frankie @ Veg Plot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17922995992473118940</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/RY7RQxL_5rI/AAAAAAAAAAc/0jkYuo295V8/s200/cucumber.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TPvUtjV4nLI/AAAAAAAACeI/srtgfHps0ns/s72-c/IMGP8399.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383116334393634933.post-8727393692261446632</id><published>2010-12-03T09:19:00.001Z</published><updated>2010-12-04T09:24:03.636Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Rebus'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='garden'/><title type='text'>Snow</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TPoHzlEuoAI/AAAAAAAACeA/jkI0dB5y10Y/s1600/IMGP8369.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TPoHzlEuoAI/AAAAAAAACeA/jkI0dB5y10Y/s200/IMGP8369.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546754473766854658" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;At last we have some snow and this morning's temperature was -13.6º. Enough to freeze the nuts off Rebus who is booked in for the snip today.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1383116334393634933-8727393692261446632?l=vegcottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/feeds/8727393692261446632/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383116334393634933&amp;postID=8727393692261446632' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/8727393692261446632'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/8727393692261446632'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2010/12/snow.html' title='Snow'/><author><name>Frankie @ Veg Plot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17922995992473118940</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/RY7RQxL_5rI/AAAAAAAAAAc/0jkYuo295V8/s200/cucumber.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TPoHzlEuoAI/AAAAAAAACeA/jkI0dB5y10Y/s72-c/IMGP8369.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383116334393634933.post-1296150895473522535</id><published>2010-11-27T10:20:00.002Z</published><updated>2010-11-27T10:31:37.111Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='chickens'/><title type='text'>De-icing the chickens</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TPDbsEJxpqI/AAAAAAAACd4/0wrKz8yoVFQ/s1600/IMGP8220.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 182px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TPDbsEJxpqI/AAAAAAAACd4/0wrKz8yoVFQ/s200/IMGP8220.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5544172691368552098" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Sadly, Herefordshire didn't get the much anticipated snow although it is cold enough for the chicken's water to have completely frozen. A kettle full of hot water thawed it enough for them to have a drink this morning.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1383116334393634933-1296150895473522535?l=vegcottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/feeds/1296150895473522535/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383116334393634933&amp;postID=1296150895473522535' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/1296150895473522535'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/1296150895473522535'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2010/11/de-icing-chickens.html' title='De-icing the chickens'/><author><name>Frankie @ Veg Plot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17922995992473118940</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/RY7RQxL_5rI/AAAAAAAAAAc/0jkYuo295V8/s200/cucumber.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TPDbsEJxpqI/AAAAAAAACd4/0wrKz8yoVFQ/s72-c/IMGP8220.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383116334393634933.post-2928168410310893166</id><published>2010-10-30T12:57:00.004+01:00</published><updated>2010-10-30T13:07:32.116+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mr Forge'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='chickens'/><title type='text'>The Great Escape</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TMwIVx8dYHI/AAAAAAAACdo/ZP6e4YDpOpg/s1600/IMG_0796.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 144px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TMwIVx8dYHI/AAAAAAAACdo/ZP6e4YDpOpg/s200/IMG_0796.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533807212408692850" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Given Mr Forge's description of, "a white one, a ginger one and a grey one are loose on Fred's drive" It was not hard to deduce that Mert, Pat and Cousin Sue were the culprits.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The word 'unrepentant' comes to mind.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1383116334393634933-2928168410310893166?l=vegcottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/feeds/2928168410310893166/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383116334393634933&amp;postID=2928168410310893166' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/2928168410310893166'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/2928168410310893166'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2010/10/great-escape.html' title='The Great Escape'/><author><name>Frankie @ Veg Plot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17922995992473118940</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/RY7RQxL_5rI/AAAAAAAAAAc/0jkYuo295V8/s200/cucumber.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TMwIVx8dYHI/AAAAAAAACdo/ZP6e4YDpOpg/s72-c/IMG_0796.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383116334393634933.post-9031069526825542063</id><published>2010-10-29T06:03:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2010-10-29T06:03:00.851+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cooking'/><title type='text'>Membrillo</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TMmtC0BL16I/AAAAAAAACdg/WPdyzvzunhE/s1600/IMGP7747.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TMmtC0BL16I/AAAAAAAACdg/WPdyzvzunhE/s200/IMGP7747.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533143881036322722" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;In Slavonia, Croatia when a baby is born, a quince tree gets planted as a symbol of fertility, love and life.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Not so in Hereford - however a friend with a quince orchard has given me enough to try my hand at membrillo.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Now for some manchego cheese and a sherry!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1383116334393634933-9031069526825542063?l=vegcottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/feeds/9031069526825542063/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383116334393634933&amp;postID=9031069526825542063' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/9031069526825542063'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/9031069526825542063'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2010/10/membrillo.html' title='Membrillo'/><author><name>Frankie @ Veg Plot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17922995992473118940</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/RY7RQxL_5rI/AAAAAAAAAAc/0jkYuo295V8/s200/cucumber.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TMmtC0BL16I/AAAAAAAACdg/WPdyzvzunhE/s72-c/IMGP7747.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383116334393634933.post-893788680322394611</id><published>2010-10-28T17:52:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2010-10-28T18:01:55.950+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cooking'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='garden'/><title type='text'>Rosehip jelly</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TMmqVNKSIrI/AAAAAAAACdY/v_kacll_0sk/s1600/IMGP7686.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TMmqVNKSIrI/AAAAAAAACdY/v_kacll_0sk/s200/IMGP7686.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533140898488132274" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Although a little late, there were enough hips on my 2008 &lt;a href="http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2008/02/fruit-n-nut-hedge.html"&gt;dog roses&lt;/a&gt; to make a jar of jelly.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Its a shame I don't have a chinchilla as rose hips are a popular healthy treat - providing a sugarless, safe way to increase their Vitamin C (they lack the internal organs to process many vitamin C rich foods)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1383116334393634933-893788680322394611?l=vegcottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/feeds/893788680322394611/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383116334393634933&amp;postID=893788680322394611' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/893788680322394611'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/893788680322394611'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2010/10/rosehip-jelly.html' title='Rosehip jelly'/><author><name>Frankie @ Veg Plot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17922995992473118940</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/RY7RQxL_5rI/AAAAAAAAAAc/0jkYuo295V8/s200/cucumber.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TMmqVNKSIrI/AAAAAAAACdY/v_kacll_0sk/s72-c/IMGP7686.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383116334393634933.post-955741059193457075</id><published>2010-10-26T18:32:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2010-10-26T18:37:52.611+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='garden'/><title type='text'>Safe</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TMcQ5UpQpRI/AAAAAAAACdQ/Zay2QGcemcM/s1600/IMGP7691.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TMcQ5UpQpRI/AAAAAAAACdQ/Zay2QGcemcM/s200/IMGP7691.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532409244228298002" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The geraniums and pelargoniums are now safely in the glasshouse for the winter. I'm never totally sure which is what but like geranium, the name pelagornium has Greek roots that refer to the long seed that the plant produces. Pelagornium means "stork," and geranos means "crane."&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1383116334393634933-955741059193457075?l=vegcottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/feeds/955741059193457075/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383116334393634933&amp;postID=955741059193457075' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/955741059193457075'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/955741059193457075'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2010/10/safe.html' title='Safe'/><author><name>Frankie @ Veg Plot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17922995992473118940</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/RY7RQxL_5rI/AAAAAAAAAAc/0jkYuo295V8/s200/cucumber.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TMcQ5UpQpRI/AAAAAAAACdQ/Zay2QGcemcM/s72-c/IMGP7691.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383116334393634933.post-1210611142254060821</id><published>2010-10-24T17:45:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2010-10-24T18:00:04.442+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='veg'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='garden'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='chickens'/><title type='text'>Diggin'</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TMRi3ykbMxI/AAAAAAAACdI/hser5n4gRS8/s1600/IMGP7672.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 149px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TMRi3ykbMxI/AAAAAAAACdI/hser5n4gRS8/s200/IMGP7672.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531654952924689170" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Today was spent digging over some of the veg beds with help from my posse. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;What happens when you drop a hand gren-egg ?&lt;div&gt;It eggs-plodes &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Hee hee&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1383116334393634933-1210611142254060821?l=vegcottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/feeds/1210611142254060821/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383116334393634933&amp;postID=1210611142254060821' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/1210611142254060821'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/1210611142254060821'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2010/10/diggin.html' title='Diggin&apos;'/><author><name>Frankie @ Veg Plot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17922995992473118940</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/RY7RQxL_5rI/AAAAAAAAAAc/0jkYuo295V8/s200/cucumber.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TMRi3ykbMxI/AAAAAAAACdI/hser5n4gRS8/s72-c/IMGP7672.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383116334393634933.post-5065079387899675583</id><published>2010-10-15T14:26:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2010-10-15T14:35:10.928+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Rebus'/><title type='text'>Rabbit Hole</title><content type='html'>&lt;object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-b0810fa2ad6f1fb4" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"&gt;&lt;param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="flashvars" value="flvurl=http://v6.nonxt3.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3Db0810fa2ad6f1fb4%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1331176855%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D4F3FAA0B2F0A57831C918DF05B021A9EFD971E71.8014229BFA0065C911508643BE1EE5C8C2CDEF9C%26key%3Dck1&amp;amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3Db0810fa2ad6f1fb4%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DeCex0_DCaKAALomLhSemgLfXzVQ&amp;amp;autoplay=0&amp;amp;ps=blogger"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/get_player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"width="320" height="266" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"flashvars="flvurl=http://v6.nonxt3.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3Db0810fa2ad6f1fb4%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1331176855%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D4F3FAA0B2F0A57831C918DF05B021A9EFD971E71.8014229BFA0065C911508643BE1EE5C8C2CDEF9C%26key%3Dck1&amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3Db0810fa2ad6f1fb4%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DeCex0_DCaKAALomLhSemgLfXzVQ&amp;autoplay=0&amp;ps=blogger"allowFullScreen="true" /&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div&gt;I had today off work to tidy the garden. Instead, I spent 45 minutes trying to tempt a headstrong Jack Russell out of a rabbit hole. Rebus is in disgrace.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1383116334393634933-5065079387899675583?l=vegcottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/feeds/5065079387899675583/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383116334393634933&amp;postID=5065079387899675583' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/5065079387899675583'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/5065079387899675583'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2010/10/rabbit-hole.html' title='Rabbit Hole'/><author><name>Frankie @ Veg Plot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17922995992473118940</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/RY7RQxL_5rI/AAAAAAAAAAc/0jkYuo295V8/s200/cucumber.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383116334393634933.post-7225690946533633446</id><published>2010-10-10T16:40:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2010-10-10T16:49:00.426+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='garden'/><title type='text'>Dahlia Convert</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TLHemEBhCnI/AAAAAAAACdA/zrRG43F3QXM/s1600/IMGP7560.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 194px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TLHemEBhCnI/AAAAAAAACdA/zrRG43F3QXM/s200/IMGP7560.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526442963256806002" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I've never managed to grow dahlias before this year. Today they are in full bloom as everything else is being cut back for composting. I'm converted.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Apparently, they are edible and are often used in Mexico used to brighten up a dish of rice or as a garnish. I think I will leave mine to brighten up the garden.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1383116334393634933-7225690946533633446?l=vegcottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/feeds/7225690946533633446/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383116334393634933&amp;postID=7225690946533633446' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/7225690946533633446'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/7225690946533633446'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2010/10/dahlia-convert.html' title='Dahlia Convert'/><author><name>Frankie @ Veg Plot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17922995992473118940</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/RY7RQxL_5rI/AAAAAAAAAAc/0jkYuo295V8/s200/cucumber.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TLHemEBhCnI/AAAAAAAACdA/zrRG43F3QXM/s72-c/IMGP7560.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383116334393634933.post-9029882043682904398</id><published>2010-10-03T07:19:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2010-10-03T07:35:03.327+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mel'/><title type='text'>Alhambra</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TKggnkr8xNI/AAAAAAAACc4/tSNvEJAD5G0/s1600/IMGP6965.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TKggnkr8xNI/AAAAAAAACc4/tSNvEJAD5G0/s200/IMGP6965.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5523700807204914386" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Just returned from Andalucia where Mel &amp;amp; I visited the Alhambra - long on our target list of gardens and about as good as it gets.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;This is the &lt;a href="http://www.alhambradegranada.org/en/info/placesandspots/generalifepatiooftheirrigationditch.asp"&gt;Patio de la Acequia&lt;/a&gt;,  thought to best preserve the style of the medieval garden.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Heaven!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1383116334393634933-9029882043682904398?l=vegcottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/feeds/9029882043682904398/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383116334393634933&amp;postID=9029882043682904398' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/9029882043682904398'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/9029882043682904398'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2010/10/alhambra.html' title='Alhambra'/><author><name>Frankie @ Veg Plot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17922995992473118940</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/RY7RQxL_5rI/AAAAAAAAAAc/0jkYuo295V8/s200/cucumber.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TKggnkr8xNI/AAAAAAAACc4/tSNvEJAD5G0/s72-c/IMGP6965.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383116334393634933.post-1236837804143308552</id><published>2010-09-20T15:19:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2010-09-20T15:22:19.650+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='garden'/><title type='text'>Steps</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TJdtjjkwakI/AAAAAAAACcw/KXdM0IhMC8I/s1600/IMGP6848.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TJdtjjkwakI/AAAAAAAACcw/KXdM0IhMC8I/s200/IMGP6848.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519000325978090050" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;We have finally paved round the extension and built some proper steps into the garden.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Now I need a path and a focal point other than an off-centre septic tank cover....&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1383116334393634933-1236837804143308552?l=vegcottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/feeds/1236837804143308552/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383116334393634933&amp;postID=1236837804143308552' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/1236837804143308552'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/1236837804143308552'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2010/09/steps.html' title='Steps'/><author><name>Frankie @ Veg Plot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17922995992473118940</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/RY7RQxL_5rI/AAAAAAAAAAc/0jkYuo295V8/s200/cucumber.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TJdtjjkwakI/AAAAAAAACcw/KXdM0IhMC8I/s72-c/IMGP6848.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383116334393634933.post-4231564571617478925</id><published>2010-09-18T08:22:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2010-09-18T08:24:34.506+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Another Chain email</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TJRov3OWuDI/AAAAAAAACco/JqU1EqzhiQ4/s1600/image001.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 162px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TJRov3OWuDI/AAAAAAAACco/JqU1EqzhiQ4/s200/image001.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518150614922999858" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;There is another chain email doing the rounds with the strapline,&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;"Some people have incredible - and a bit twisted - imaginations, and way too much time on their hands!!"&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1383116334393634933-4231564571617478925?l=vegcottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/feeds/4231564571617478925/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383116334393634933&amp;postID=4231564571617478925' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/4231564571617478925'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/4231564571617478925'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2010/09/another-chain-email.html' title='Another Chain email'/><author><name>Frankie @ Veg Plot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17922995992473118940</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/RY7RQxL_5rI/AAAAAAAAAAc/0jkYuo295V8/s200/cucumber.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TJRov3OWuDI/AAAAAAAACco/JqU1EqzhiQ4/s72-c/image001.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383116334393634933.post-2036463800824400844</id><published>2010-09-04T08:09:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2010-09-04T08:14:52.912+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='veg'/><title type='text'>Homegrown</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TIHw2zsjT4I/AAAAAAAACcY/CfZBbbRrevc/s1600/IMGP6823.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TIHw2zsjT4I/AAAAAAAACcY/CfZBbbRrevc/s200/IMGP6823.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512952243258871682" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Cucumber, tomato and basil - fresh from the garden. Basil can also be strewn onto floors because where it is, no evil is said to be able to live. I think I prefer it in pesto.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1383116334393634933-2036463800824400844?l=vegcottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/feeds/2036463800824400844/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383116334393634933&amp;postID=2036463800824400844' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/2036463800824400844'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/2036463800824400844'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2010/09/homegrown.html' title='Homegrown'/><author><name>Frankie @ Veg Plot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17922995992473118940</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/RY7RQxL_5rI/AAAAAAAAAAc/0jkYuo295V8/s200/cucumber.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TIHw2zsjT4I/AAAAAAAACcY/CfZBbbRrevc/s72-c/IMGP6823.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383116334393634933.post-5794365508056606703</id><published>2010-08-31T07:19:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2010-08-31T07:19:00.486+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Rebus'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='garden'/><title type='text'>I never want to plant a bulb again!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/THvaGryWnoI/AAAAAAAACcQ/1ar3oykXlAI/s1600/IMGP6816.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/THvaGryWnoI/AAAAAAAACcQ/1ar3oykXlAI/s200/IMGP6816.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511238377385926274" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;200 crocus corms went into the winter border on the weekend and I hope that Rebus will  scare off the local corm thieving &lt;a href="http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2009/10/can-squirrels-spell.html"&gt;squirrel&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1383116334393634933-5794365508056606703?l=vegcottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/feeds/5794365508056606703/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383116334393634933&amp;postID=5794365508056606703' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/5794365508056606703'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/5794365508056606703'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2010/08/i-never-want-to-plant-bulb-again.html' title='I never want to plant a bulb again!'/><author><name>Frankie @ Veg Plot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17922995992473118940</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/RY7RQxL_5rI/AAAAAAAAAAc/0jkYuo295V8/s200/cucumber.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/THvaGryWnoI/AAAAAAAACcQ/1ar3oykXlAI/s72-c/IMGP6816.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383116334393634933.post-7620056482772417569</id><published>2010-08-30T17:10:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2010-08-30T17:18:10.150+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fishy Mike'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spouse'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Rebus'/><title type='text'>Repair Man</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/THvYOkm--pI/AAAAAAAACcI/SZihe5jIm50/s1600/IMGP6815.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/THvYOkm--pI/AAAAAAAACcI/SZihe5jIm50/s200/IMGP6815.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511236313874889362" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Fishy Mike, aided by Spouse and Rebus eventually managed to get the &lt;a href="http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2010/07/british-lawn-mower-racing-association.html"&gt;lawnmower&lt;/a&gt; up and running today.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;According to &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawn_mower"&gt;Wikipedia&lt;/a&gt;, over 80,000 people per year in the US are hospitalized due to mower accidents. No wonder Spouse is so keen to &lt;a href="http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2009/03/first-mow.html"&gt;avoid&lt;/a&gt; it.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1383116334393634933-7620056482772417569?l=vegcottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/feeds/7620056482772417569/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383116334393634933&amp;postID=7620056482772417569' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/7620056482772417569'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/7620056482772417569'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2010/08/repair-man.html' title='Repair Man'/><author><name>Frankie @ Veg Plot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17922995992473118940</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/RY7RQxL_5rI/AAAAAAAAAAc/0jkYuo295V8/s200/cucumber.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/THvYOkm--pI/AAAAAAAACcI/SZihe5jIm50/s72-c/IMGP6815.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383116334393634933.post-4052550938823852070</id><published>2010-08-26T20:53:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2010-08-26T20:55:36.278+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Joke Email</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/THbGNp2twKI/AAAAAAAACcA/Mf4XSdw2-eM/s1600/Unknown.jpeg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/THbGNp2twKI/AAAAAAAACcA/Mf4XSdw2-eM/s200/Unknown.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509809132010324130" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;This one's doing the rounds with the heading&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Homebase is having a sale on Irish Garden Recliners."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Will try it out as soon as it stops raining.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1383116334393634933-4052550938823852070?l=vegcottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/feeds/4052550938823852070/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383116334393634933&amp;postID=4052550938823852070' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/4052550938823852070'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/4052550938823852070'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2010/08/joke-email.html' title='Joke Email'/><author><name>Frankie @ Veg Plot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17922995992473118940</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/RY7RQxL_5rI/AAAAAAAAAAc/0jkYuo295V8/s200/cucumber.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/THbGNp2twKI/AAAAAAAACcA/Mf4XSdw2-eM/s72-c/Unknown.jpeg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383116334393634933.post-6456264588889731897</id><published>2010-08-16T07:39:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2010-08-16T07:45:33.983+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='veg'/><title type='text'>Bumper Apple Crop</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TGjdN-qpFDI/AAAAAAAACb4/oKhfaL7lVy8/s1600/IMGP6337.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TGjdN-qpFDI/AAAAAAAACb4/oKhfaL7lVy8/s200/IMGP6337.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505893776690320434" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;According to the &lt;a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/7943038/Cold-winter-to-produce-a-bumper-crop-of-tasty-English-apples.html"&gt;news&lt;/a&gt;, English apples should be tastier than ever this year due to the cold winter and high sunshine levels in spring.  This is good news as, despite &lt;a href="http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2010/05/spring-is-here.html"&gt;Feargal&lt;/a&gt;, we have a bumper crop.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1383116334393634933-6456264588889731897?l=vegcottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/feeds/6456264588889731897/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383116334393634933&amp;postID=6456264588889731897' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/6456264588889731897'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/6456264588889731897'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2010/08/bumper-apple-crop.html' title='Bumper Apple Crop'/><author><name>Frankie @ Veg Plot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17922995992473118940</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/RY7RQxL_5rI/AAAAAAAAAAc/0jkYuo295V8/s200/cucumber.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TGjdN-qpFDI/AAAAAAAACb4/oKhfaL7lVy8/s72-c/IMGP6337.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383116334393634933.post-3893217708757551878</id><published>2010-08-15T19:35:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2010-08-15T19:36:47.940+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nature'/><title type='text'>Common Blue</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TGgzipqyWII/AAAAAAAACbw/AKZN0hllHFU/s1600/IMGP6364.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TGgzipqyWII/AAAAAAAACbw/AKZN0hllHFU/s200/IMGP6364.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505707214854314114" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I nearly missed this common blue butterfly which was co-ordinating with the lavender.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1383116334393634933-3893217708757551878?l=vegcottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/feeds/3893217708757551878/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383116334393634933&amp;postID=3893217708757551878' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/3893217708757551878'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/3893217708757551878'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2010/08/common-blue.html' title='Common Blue'/><author><name>Frankie @ Veg Plot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17922995992473118940</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/RY7RQxL_5rI/AAAAAAAAAAc/0jkYuo295V8/s200/cucumber.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TGgzipqyWII/AAAAAAAACbw/AKZN0hllHFU/s72-c/IMGP6364.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383116334393634933.post-3558762162223047493</id><published>2010-08-13T06:32:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2010-08-13T06:36:15.033+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cat'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Rebus'/><title type='text'>Cats &amp; Dogs</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TGTY5nwWJhI/AAAAAAAACbo/qVUBfZPdFuA/s1600/IMGP6280_2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 166px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TGTY5nwWJhI/AAAAAAAACbo/qVUBfZPdFuA/s200/IMGP6280_2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504763128989492754" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Feargal and Rebus appear to be deeply in love. Friends, family and neighbors are amazed at how they behave together. I took a photo of them for a colleague this morning and then noticed the expression on Feargal's face.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Poor Rebus.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1383116334393634933-3558762162223047493?l=vegcottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/feeds/3558762162223047493/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383116334393634933&amp;postID=3558762162223047493' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/3558762162223047493'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/3558762162223047493'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2010/08/cats-dogs.html' title='Cats &amp; Dogs'/><author><name>Frankie @ Veg Plot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17922995992473118940</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/RY7RQxL_5rI/AAAAAAAAAAc/0jkYuo295V8/s200/cucumber.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TGTY5nwWJhI/AAAAAAAACbo/qVUBfZPdFuA/s72-c/IMGP6280_2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383116334393634933.post-6996480784968092423</id><published>2010-08-12T20:43:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2010-08-12T20:58:26.381+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='chickens'/><title type='text'>Broody Hen</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TGRPGHrZhyI/AAAAAAAACbg/WKUoVRwujNo/s1600/IMGP6265.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TGRPGHrZhyI/AAAAAAAACbg/WKUoVRwujNo/s200/IMGP6265.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504611611112474402" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Mert the Light Sussex is &lt;a href="http://www.omlet.co.uk/guide/guide.php?view=Chickens&amp;amp;cat=About%20Chickens&amp;amp;sub=broody"&gt;broody&lt;/a&gt;. Plan A was to place ice packs in the nest box (the theory being that if a chicken can be prevented from settling comfortably, she will stop)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Am now wondering what Plan B is?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="border: medium none ; overflow: hidden; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1383116334393634933-6996480784968092423?l=vegcottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/feeds/6996480784968092423/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383116334393634933&amp;postID=6996480784968092423' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/6996480784968092423'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/6996480784968092423'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2010/08/broody-hen.html' title='Broody Hen'/><author><name>Frankie @ Veg Plot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17922995992473118940</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/RY7RQxL_5rI/AAAAAAAAAAc/0jkYuo295V8/s200/cucumber.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TGRPGHrZhyI/AAAAAAAACbg/WKUoVRwujNo/s72-c/IMGP6265.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383116334393634933.post-1487342758839228842</id><published>2010-08-06T17:25:00.004+01:00</published><updated>2010-08-06T17:30:11.370+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='veg'/><title type='text'>2010 is the year of the cabbage</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TFw348TSmdI/AAAAAAAACbY/jF-YVeOKlrE/s1600/IMGP6100.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 152px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TFw348TSmdI/AAAAAAAACbY/jF-YVeOKlrE/s200/IMGP6100.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502334296139143634" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The &lt;a href="http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2010/05/cabbage-whites-watch-out.html"&gt;netting&lt;/a&gt; has worked and I seem to have my first ever decent crop of cabbage on the way.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Now it's time to test the Egyptian theory - pharoahs would eat large quantities of cabbage before a night of drinking, believing that their consumption would allow them to drink more alcoholic beverages without feeling the effects.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1383116334393634933-1487342758839228842?l=vegcottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/feeds/1487342758839228842/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383116334393634933&amp;postID=1487342758839228842' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/1487342758839228842'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/1487342758839228842'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2010/08/2010-is-year-of-cabbage.html' title='2010 is the year of the cabbage'/><author><name>Frankie @ Veg Plot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17922995992473118940</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/RY7RQxL_5rI/AAAAAAAAAAc/0jkYuo295V8/s200/cucumber.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TFw348TSmdI/AAAAAAAACbY/jF-YVeOKlrE/s72-c/IMGP6100.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383116334393634933.post-5871391091235358730</id><published>2010-08-05T20:03:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2010-08-05T21:19:46.382+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='chickens'/><title type='text'>Chicken Technology</title><content type='html'>&lt;object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-4c1acd13516170b4" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"&gt;&lt;param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="flashvars" value="flvurl=http://v5.nonxt3.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D4c1acd13516170b4%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1331176856%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3DE37C7CDBE7E6639ACA238A393F221EB2AC8AE82.6A3A5B0441C684C136A83B1B18DF4A9FFB8A3F52%26key%3Dck1&amp;amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D4c1acd13516170b4%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DqZrKLwepB9LxZGY4y634uf_AjNg&amp;amp;autoplay=0&amp;amp;ps=blogger"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/get_player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"width="320" height="266" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"flashvars="flvurl=http://v5.nonxt3.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D4c1acd13516170b4%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1331176856%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3DE37C7CDBE7E6639ACA238A393F221EB2AC8AE82.6A3A5B0441C684C136A83B1B18DF4A9FFB8A3F52%26key%3Dck1&amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D4c1acd13516170b4%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DqZrKLwepB9LxZGY4y634uf_AjNg&amp;autoplay=0&amp;ps=blogger"allowFullScreen="true" /&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div&gt;At almost three times the cost of the hen house, the automatic door opener is worth every penny. Am looking forward to a lie-in on Saturday...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1383116334393634933-5871391091235358730?l=vegcottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/feeds/5871391091235358730/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383116334393634933&amp;postID=5871391091235358730' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/5871391091235358730'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/5871391091235358730'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2010/08/chicken-technology.html' title='Chicken Technology'/><author><name>Frankie @ Veg Plot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17922995992473118940</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/RY7RQxL_5rI/AAAAAAAAAAc/0jkYuo295V8/s200/cucumber.jpg'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383116334393634933.post-5688787218868247445</id><published>2010-08-03T07:26:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2010-08-03T07:26:00.364+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='chickens'/><title type='text'>Wiggly Layers Mash with Bokashi</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TFcAUlbS24I/AAAAAAAACbI/pQBYFKbQEB0/s1600/IMGP6169.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TFcAUlbS24I/AAAAAAAACbI/pQBYFKbQEB0/s200/IMGP6169.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500865823500327810" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" wiggly="" bokashi="" is="" a="" revolutionary="" made="" right="" here="" on="" the="" s="" based="" bran="" which="" has="" been="" with="" beneficial="" now="" available="" mixed="" top="" quality="" layers="" mash="" for="" feeding="" to="" domestic="" chickens="" and="" ducks="" suitable="" birds="" over="" age="" of="" 17=""&gt;My &lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.wigglywigglers.co.uk/shop/product.html?product_id=474&amp;amp;-session=shopper:5695849B139522C958hMt220A2F9"&gt;Wiggly Layers Mash with Bokashi&lt;/a&gt; arrived yesterday and the chickens are scoffing away. According to the Wigglers, the&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" wiggly="" bokashi="" is="" a="" revolutionary="" made="" right="" here="" on="" the="" s="" based="" bran="" which="" has="" been="" with="" beneficial="" now="" available="" mixed="" top="" quality="" layers="" mash="" for="" feeding="" to="" domestic="" chickens="" and="" ducks="" suitable="" birds="" over="" age="" of="" 17=""&gt; micro-organisms in Bokashi help to improve the microflora in the gut.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" wiggly="" bokashi="" is="" a="" revolutionary="" made="" right="" here="" on="" the="" s="" based="" bran="" which="" has="" been="" with="" beneficial="" now="" available="" mixed="" top="" quality="" layers="" mash="" for="" feeding="" to="" domestic="" chickens="" and="" ducks="" suitable="" birds="" over="" age="" of="" 17=""&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" wiggly="" bokashi="" is="" a="" revolutionary="" made="" right="" here="" on="" the="" s="" based="" bran="" which="" has="" been="" with="" beneficial="" now="" available="" mixed="" top="" quality="" layers="" mash="" for="" feeding="" to="" domestic="" chickens="" and="" ducks="" suitable="" birds="" over="" age="" of="" 17=""&gt;"Feeds enhanced with them can help keep your wildfowl healthy generally, but there's another big advantage too: the beneficial micro-organisms work to reduce the bad smells from the animal's dung."&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" wiggly="" bokashi="" is="" a="" revolutionary="" made="" right="" here="" on="" the="" s="" based="" bran="" which="" has="" been="" with="" beneficial="" now="" available="" mixed="" top="" quality="" layers="" mash="" for="" feeding="" to="" domestic="" chickens="" and="" ducks="" suitable="" birds="" over="" age="" of="" 17=""&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" wiggly="" bokashi="" is="" a="" revolutionary="" made="" right="" here="" on="" the="" s="" based="" bran="" which="" has="" been="" with="" beneficial="" now="" available="" mixed="" top="" quality="" layers="" mash="" for="" feeding="" to="" domestic="" chickens="" and="" ducks="" suitable="" birds="" over="" age="" of="" 17=""&gt;We will put that to the test on the next coop cleaning day.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1383116334393634933-5688787218868247445?l=vegcottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/feeds/5688787218868247445/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383116334393634933&amp;postID=5688787218868247445' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/5688787218868247445'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/5688787218868247445'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2010/08/wiggly-layers-mash-with-bokashi.html' title='Wiggly Layers Mash with Bokashi'/><author><name>Frankie @ Veg Plot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17922995992473118940</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/RY7RQxL_5rI/AAAAAAAAAAc/0jkYuo295V8/s200/cucumber.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TFcAUlbS24I/AAAAAAAACbI/pQBYFKbQEB0/s72-c/IMGP6169.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383116334393634933.post-4075343605048612098</id><published>2010-08-02T17:33:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2010-08-02T17:42:44.305+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nature'/><title type='text'>Gatekeeper</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TFbzeYpKxoI/AAAAAAAACa4/gf8QLznwWNI/s1600/IMGP6086.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 149px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TFbzeYpKxoI/AAAAAAAACa4/gf8QLznwWNI/s200/IMGP6086.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500851698216388226" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;There is a Gatekeeper butterfly in the Glasshouse today. Allegedly, the name refers to its frequent occurrence near field gates. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;It must have got lost.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1383116334393634933-4075343605048612098?l=vegcottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/feeds/4075343605048612098/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383116334393634933&amp;postID=4075343605048612098' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/4075343605048612098'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/4075343605048612098'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2010/08/gatekeeper.html' title='Gatekeeper'/><author><name>Frankie @ Veg Plot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17922995992473118940</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/RY7RQxL_5rI/AAAAAAAAAAc/0jkYuo295V8/s200/cucumber.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TFbzeYpKxoI/AAAAAAAACa4/gf8QLznwWNI/s72-c/IMGP6086.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383116334393634933.post-626423593908493404</id><published>2010-08-01T17:25:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2010-08-02T17:30:06.166+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Rebus'/><title type='text'>Herefordshire Country Fair</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TFbxhgKUpnI/AAAAAAAACaw/xDxciq-AYI4/s1600/IMGP6138.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TFbxhgKUpnI/AAAAAAAACaw/xDxciq-AYI4/s200/IMGP6138.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500849552750847602" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;We took Rebus to the &lt;a href="http://www.herefordshirecountryfair.co.uk/dogs.html"&gt;Herefordshire Country Fair&lt;/a&gt; today, hoping to enter him in the &lt;a href="http://www.therealjackrussell.com/trial/racing.php"&gt;terrier race&lt;/a&gt;. One look at the full sized, snarling competition was enough. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;We beat a hasty but dignified retreat to the beer tent.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1383116334393634933-626423593908493404?l=vegcottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/feeds/626423593908493404/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383116334393634933&amp;postID=626423593908493404' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/626423593908493404'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/626423593908493404'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2010/08/herefordshire-country-fair.html' title='Herefordshire Country Fair'/><author><name>Frankie @ Veg Plot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17922995992473118940</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/RY7RQxL_5rI/AAAAAAAAAAc/0jkYuo295V8/s200/cucumber.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TFbxhgKUpnI/AAAAAAAACaw/xDxciq-AYI4/s72-c/IMGP6138.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383116334393634933.post-7023650903430160063</id><published>2010-07-31T17:16:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2010-08-02T17:20:12.689+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spouse'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='garden'/><title type='text'>The British Lawn Mower Racing Association</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TFbvc136M6I/AAAAAAAACao/M7MHAqrTxuc/s1600/IMGP6075.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 145px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TFbvc136M6I/AAAAAAAACao/M7MHAqrTxuc/s200/IMGP6075.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500847273656595362" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I never knew that there was a &lt;a href="http://www.blmra.co.uk/modules/services/"&gt;British Lawn Mower Racing Association&lt;/a&gt;, however there is. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Spouse won't be joining it unless he gets ours fixed.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1383116334393634933-7023650903430160063?l=vegcottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/feeds/7023650903430160063/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383116334393634933&amp;postID=7023650903430160063' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/7023650903430160063'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/7023650903430160063'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2010/07/british-lawn-mower-racing-association.html' title='The British Lawn Mower Racing Association'/><author><name>Frankie @ Veg Plot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17922995992473118940</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/RY7RQxL_5rI/AAAAAAAAAAc/0jkYuo295V8/s200/cucumber.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TFbvc136M6I/AAAAAAAACao/M7MHAqrTxuc/s72-c/IMGP6075.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383116334393634933.post-7829827154104340402</id><published>2010-07-29T06:52:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2010-07-29T06:58:07.720+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cat'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nature'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='garden'/><title type='text'>Feargal's Mole</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TFEXMcFsYfI/AAAAAAAACag/r8JRCymhlBE/s1600/IMGP6040.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TFEXMcFsYfI/AAAAAAAACag/r8JRCymhlBE/s200/IMGP6040.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499202122462028274" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The &lt;a href="http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2010/06/more-moles.html"&gt;mole&lt;/a&gt; survived and we now have the molehills to prove it.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1383116334393634933-7829827154104340402?l=vegcottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/feeds/7829827154104340402/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383116334393634933&amp;postID=7829827154104340402' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/7829827154104340402'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/7829827154104340402'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2010/07/feargals-mole.html' title='Feargal&apos;s Mole'/><author><name>Frankie @ Veg Plot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17922995992473118940</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/RY7RQxL_5rI/AAAAAAAAAAc/0jkYuo295V8/s200/cucumber.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TFEXMcFsYfI/AAAAAAAACag/r8JRCymhlBE/s72-c/IMGP6040.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383116334393634933.post-2607766749621268</id><published>2010-07-18T18:32:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2010-07-18T18:36:39.054+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Congratulations Den &amp; Tara!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TEM6sezpZ2I/AAAAAAAACaY/r20XYSzGvX0/s1600/IMGP5823.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 171px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TEM6sezpZ2I/AAAAAAAACaY/r20XYSzGvX0/s200/IMGP5823.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495300506180478818" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;No gardening this weekend as Saturday was &lt;a href="http://allotment21.blogspot.com/2006/04/thursday-20th-april-tomatoes.html"&gt;Den&lt;/a&gt; &amp;amp; Tara's wedding day and the wine flowed freely. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I have spent Sunday trying to recover.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Will I &lt;a href="http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2007/01/2007-new-year-resolutions.html"&gt;ever learn&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1383116334393634933-2607766749621268?l=vegcottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/feeds/2607766749621268/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383116334393634933&amp;postID=2607766749621268' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/2607766749621268'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/2607766749621268'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2010/07/congratulations-den-tara.html' title='Congratulations Den &amp; Tara!'/><author><name>Frankie @ Veg Plot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17922995992473118940</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/RY7RQxL_5rI/AAAAAAAAAAc/0jkYuo295V8/s200/cucumber.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TEM6sezpZ2I/AAAAAAAACaY/r20XYSzGvX0/s72-c/IMGP5823.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383116334393634933.post-4904313154830915339</id><published>2010-07-13T18:41:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2010-07-13T18:50:07.391+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='veg'/><title type='text'>Courgette Romanesco</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TDylgMO3z1I/AAAAAAAACaQ/n52gVWngQP0/s1600/IMGP5774.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TDylgMO3z1I/AAAAAAAACaQ/n52gVWngQP0/s200/IMGP5774.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493447617943162706" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;To quote &lt;a href="http://www.sarahraven.com/shop/courgette-romanesco.html"&gt;Sarah Raven&lt;/a&gt;, "recommended by many foodies, this is a wonderful courgette with characteristic ribs down the fruit. It has excellent flavour and texture, not ever turning watery, even when quite large. Picked small and whole, the flavour reminds me of globe artichoke hearts. Its flowers are huge too - ideal for stuffing and dipping into tempura batter."&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I love it because despite my gardening technique, it thrives every year. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1383116334393634933-4904313154830915339?l=vegcottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/feeds/4904313154830915339/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383116334393634933&amp;postID=4904313154830915339' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/4904313154830915339'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/4904313154830915339'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2010/07/courgette-romanesco.html' title='Courgette Romanesco'/><author><name>Frankie @ Veg Plot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17922995992473118940</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/RY7RQxL_5rI/AAAAAAAAAAc/0jkYuo295V8/s200/cucumber.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TDylgMO3z1I/AAAAAAAACaQ/n52gVWngQP0/s72-c/IMGP5774.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383116334393634933.post-6388554958770415054</id><published>2010-07-11T19:07:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2010-07-11T19:18:57.375+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='godchild'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dood'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='veg'/><title type='text'>Cherries</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TDoIcJHUEII/AAAAAAAACaI/sIamiGuYCos/s1600/IMGP5719.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TDoIcJHUEII/AAAAAAAACaI/sIamiGuYCos/s200/IMGP5719.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492711975107694722" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Dood's cherry tree is cropping really well and Godchild brought round a full bag in exchange for some eggs.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Appropriately with the World Cup final tonight, the 11th Hussars nickname 'Cherrypickers'  came from an incident during the Peninsular War, in which they were attacked while raiding a cherry orchard at San Martin de Trebejo in Spain. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Delicious.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1383116334393634933-6388554958770415054?l=vegcottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/feeds/6388554958770415054/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383116334393634933&amp;postID=6388554958770415054' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/6388554958770415054'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/6388554958770415054'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2010/07/cherries.html' title='Cherries'/><author><name>Frankie @ Veg Plot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17922995992473118940</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/RY7RQxL_5rI/AAAAAAAAAAc/0jkYuo295V8/s200/cucumber.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TDoIcJHUEII/AAAAAAAACaI/sIamiGuYCos/s72-c/IMGP5719.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383116334393634933.post-5041591885161534741</id><published>2010-07-10T19:00:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2010-07-11T19:07:08.426+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='veg'/><title type='text'>Cool as a Cucumber</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TDoG7vwTv-I/AAAAAAAACaA/ShE2QVDjkvo/s1600/IMGP5770.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TDoG7vwTv-I/AAAAAAAACaA/ShE2QVDjkvo/s200/IMGP5770.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492710319032877026" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Never mind the heatwave, the cucumbers in the compost bins are a big success this year. Even better than in the &lt;a href="http://allotment21.blogspot.com/2006/07/thursday-6th-july-rain.html"&gt;allotment days&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Romans are reported to have used cucumbers to treat bad eyesight, and to scare away mice. The latter will upset the cat.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1383116334393634933-5041591885161534741?l=vegcottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/feeds/5041591885161534741/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383116334393634933&amp;postID=5041591885161534741' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/5041591885161534741'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/5041591885161534741'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2010/07/cool-as-cucumber.html' title='Cool as a Cucumber'/><author><name>Frankie @ Veg Plot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17922995992473118940</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/RY7RQxL_5rI/AAAAAAAAAAc/0jkYuo295V8/s200/cucumber.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TDoG7vwTv-I/AAAAAAAACaA/ShE2QVDjkvo/s72-c/IMGP5770.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383116334393634933.post-8541837517225435794</id><published>2010-07-09T06:45:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2010-07-11T09:23:39.364+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spouse'/><title type='text'>Griffin Gardens</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TDlaqwaV3fI/AAAAAAAACZ4/Ip1-KysjTYM/s1600/IMG_0321.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TDlaqwaV3fI/AAAAAAAACZ4/Ip1-KysjTYM/s200/IMG_0321.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492520911151422962" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;It's Spouse &amp;amp; Steve's birthday this week and so rather than buying gifts, we all took Friday off work and &lt;a href="http://www.celticcanoes.co.uk/Index.aspx"&gt;canoed&lt;/a&gt; from Glasbury to Hay before stopping at the &lt;a href="http://www.eatdrinksleep.ltd.uk/"&gt;Griffin&lt;/a&gt; for dinner, bed &amp;amp; breakfast. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Highly recommended.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1383116334393634933-8541837517225435794?l=vegcottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/feeds/8541837517225435794/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383116334393634933&amp;postID=8541837517225435794' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/8541837517225435794'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/8541837517225435794'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2010/07/griffin-gardens.html' title='Griffin Gardens'/><author><name>Frankie @ Veg Plot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17922995992473118940</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/RY7RQxL_5rI/AAAAAAAAAAc/0jkYuo295V8/s200/cucumber.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TDlaqwaV3fI/AAAAAAAACZ4/Ip1-KysjTYM/s72-c/IMG_0321.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383116334393634933.post-4391196328224261074</id><published>2010-07-08T18:51:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2010-07-08T18:54:24.207+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='chickens'/><title type='text'>Tescos Packaging</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TDYQNuGwHKI/AAAAAAAACZw/mut9kIEnjK8/s1600/IMGP5616.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 102px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TDYQNuGwHKI/AAAAAAAACZw/mut9kIEnjK8/s200/IMGP5616.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491594623525592226" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The problem with Tesco's free range chicken is the photograph on the packaging makes me think I'm eating &lt;a href="http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2010/04/easter-eggs.html"&gt;Mert&lt;/a&gt; the Light Sussex.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Might have to turn vegetarian.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1383116334393634933-4391196328224261074?l=vegcottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/feeds/4391196328224261074/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383116334393634933&amp;postID=4391196328224261074' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/4391196328224261074'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/4391196328224261074'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2010/07/tescos-packaging.html' title='Tescos Packaging'/><author><name>Frankie @ Veg Plot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17922995992473118940</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/RY7RQxL_5rI/AAAAAAAAAAc/0jkYuo295V8/s200/cucumber.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TDYQNuGwHKI/AAAAAAAACZw/mut9kIEnjK8/s72-c/IMGP5616.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383116334393634933.post-4174758388124587151</id><published>2010-07-03T12:57:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2010-07-03T13:09:05.756+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spouse'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='garden'/><title type='text'>There's something about a hosepipe!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TC8l0IO007I/AAAAAAAACZo/0P2_1o4z9Ro/s1600/IMGP5498.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TC8l0IO007I/AAAAAAAACZo/0P2_1o4z9Ro/s200/IMGP5498.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489648048281015218" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;This hosepipe is marking where my pond might be next year. All the grass around it will be replaced with gravel (less mowing for Spouse) and the grim cherry will be replaced with a rose clad pergola reminiscent of the &lt;a href="http://www.rhs.org.uk/Shows-Events/RHS-Chelsea-Flower-Show/2010/Gardens/A-to-Z/The-M-G-Garden"&gt;M&amp;amp;G garden&lt;/a&gt; at Chelsea.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The grotty patio will be a border and the herbaceous borders replaced with an avenue of apple trees and box hedging.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dream on....&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1383116334393634933-4174758388124587151?l=vegcottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/feeds/4174758388124587151/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383116334393634933&amp;postID=4174758388124587151' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/4174758388124587151'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/4174758388124587151'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2010/07/theres-something-about-hosepipe.html' title='There&apos;s something about a hosepipe!'/><author><name>Frankie @ Veg Plot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17922995992473118940</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/RY7RQxL_5rI/AAAAAAAAAAc/0jkYuo295V8/s200/cucumber.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TC8l0IO007I/AAAAAAAACZo/0P2_1o4z9Ro/s72-c/IMGP5498.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383116334393634933.post-6359509405173000204</id><published>2010-07-02T06:07:00.005+01:00</published><updated>2010-07-03T08:33:37.750+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Rebus'/><title type='text'>I Always Knew My Dancing Skills Were Wasted</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2007/07/mud.html"&gt;Decades of dance training&lt;/a&gt; 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float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TCzyK-ruTsI/AAAAAAAACZg/wPqwai0t50k/s200/IMGP5384.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489028316296793794" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I feel like bursting into a chorus of, "We plough the fields and Scatter" almost daily with peas, beans, strawberries, raspberries and salad leaves.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1383116334393634933-5454739495906715340?l=vegcottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/feeds/5454739495906715340/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383116334393634933&amp;postID=5454739495906715340' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/5454739495906715340'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/5454739495906715340'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2010/07/harvest.html' title='Harvest'/><author><name>Frankie @ Veg Plot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17922995992473118940</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/RY7RQxL_5rI/AAAAAAAAAAc/0jkYuo295V8/s200/cucumber.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TCzyK-ruTsI/AAAAAAAACZg/wPqwai0t50k/s72-c/IMGP5384.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383116334393634933.post-7498257948306211982</id><published>2010-06-22T08:31:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2010-06-22T08:34:41.599+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='godchild'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='canute'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spouse'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dood'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mr-I-Wish-To-Remain'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nephew'/><title type='text'>Mayhem</title><content type='html'>Not much gardening done at the weekend due to &lt;a href="http://www.justgiving.com/frankiegoestomayhem"&gt;Mountain Mayhem&lt;/a&gt;. Watch closely to spot Canute, Dood, Godchild, Mr-I-Wish-To-Remain, Nephew and Spouse.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="400" height="224"&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.facebook.com/v/1439987316401"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.facebook.com/v/1439987316401" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="224"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1383116334393634933-7498257948306211982?l=vegcottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/feeds/7498257948306211982/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383116334393634933&amp;postID=7498257948306211982' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/7498257948306211982'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/7498257948306211982'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2010/06/mayhem.html' title='Mayhem'/><author><name>Frankie @ Veg Plot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17922995992473118940</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/RY7RQxL_5rI/AAAAAAAAAAc/0jkYuo295V8/s200/cucumber.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383116334393634933.post-3391650319361202004</id><published>2010-06-19T08:33:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2010-06-19T08:33:00.156+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cat'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='veg'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='garden'/><title type='text'>June Drop</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TBnP8wknwII/AAAAAAAACZQ/jt301QyfbmQ/s1600/IMGP5181.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TBnP8wknwII/AAAAAAAACZQ/jt301QyfbmQ/s200/IMGP5181.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483642664037892226" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The &lt;a href="http://apps.rhs.org.uk/advicesearch/profile.aspx?pid=340"&gt;June drop &lt;/a&gt;is receiving some assistance this year. My favourite deckchair has had to me moved to avoid the hail of small, hard apples.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1383116334393634933-3391650319361202004?l=vegcottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/feeds/3391650319361202004/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383116334393634933&amp;postID=3391650319361202004' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/3391650319361202004'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/3391650319361202004'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2010/06/june-drop.html' title='June Drop'/><author><name>Frankie @ Veg Plot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17922995992473118940</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/RY7RQxL_5rI/AAAAAAAAAAc/0jkYuo295V8/s200/cucumber.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TBnP8wknwII/AAAAAAAACZQ/jt301QyfbmQ/s72-c/IMGP5181.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383116334393634933.post-6647528887982409366</id><published>2010-06-18T08:21:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2010-06-18T08:21:00.161+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='veg'/><title type='text'>Cucumbers</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TBnNMR8VIxI/AAAAAAAACZI/tYV97nZuuec/s1600/IMGP5183.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TBnNMR8VIxI/AAAAAAAACZI/tYV97nZuuec/s200/IMGP5183.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483639632158860050" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Not since my days on the allotment have I had any success with &lt;a href="http://allotment21.blogspot.com/2006/07/thursday-6th-july-rain.html"&gt;cucumbers&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the 1600s, people believed that cucumbers brought on summer diseases and were “fit only for consumption by cows” Pepys wrote in 1663: “Mr. Newhouse is dead of eating cowcumbers”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I will try them on Spouse first.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1383116334393634933-6647528887982409366?l=vegcottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/feeds/6647528887982409366/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383116334393634933&amp;postID=6647528887982409366' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/6647528887982409366'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/6647528887982409366'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2010/06/cucumbers.html' title='Cucumbers'/><author><name>Frankie @ Veg Plot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17922995992473118940</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/RY7RQxL_5rI/AAAAAAAAAAc/0jkYuo295V8/s200/cucumber.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TBnNMR8VIxI/AAAAAAAACZI/tYV97nZuuec/s72-c/IMGP5183.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383116334393634933.post-7208932829457437072</id><published>2010-06-17T07:27:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2010-06-17T07:27:00.346+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cat'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nature'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='garden'/><title type='text'>More Moles</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TBkz143cCjI/AAAAAAAACZA/NXxro8YUu0Q/s1600/IMGP5173.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TBkz143cCjI/AAAAAAAACZA/NXxro8YUu0Q/s200/IMGP5173.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483471022191282738" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I didn't think we'd ever meet the &lt;a href="http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2010/06/big-brother.html"&gt;mole&lt;/a&gt; - but I hadn't reckoned on the rodent catching machine that is Feargal.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This one survived to dig another hole.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1383116334393634933-7208932829457437072?l=vegcottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/feeds/7208932829457437072/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383116334393634933&amp;postID=7208932829457437072' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/7208932829457437072'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/7208932829457437072'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2010/06/more-moles.html' title='More Moles'/><author><name>Frankie @ Veg Plot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17922995992473118940</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/RY7RQxL_5rI/AAAAAAAAAAc/0jkYuo295V8/s200/cucumber.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TBkz143cCjI/AAAAAAAACZA/NXxro8YUu0Q/s72-c/IMGP5173.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383116334393634933.post-4840510307342150250</id><published>2010-06-16T07:21:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2010-06-16T07:26:41.663+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Shieldbrook sculpture in the Garden</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TBhtgxLr93I/AAAAAAAACY4/iMjr1bujsbw/s1600/IMG_0260_2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TBhtgxLr93I/AAAAAAAACY4/iMjr1bujsbw/s200/IMG_0260_2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483252956049176434" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.shieldbrooksculpturegarden.com/index.html"&gt;Sheildbrook Sculpture Garden&lt;/a&gt; opened for &lt;a href="http://www.breastcancerhaven.org.uk/support.php?parent=143"&gt;Breast Cancer Haven&lt;/a&gt; last night and I spent a couple of hours wandering around, taking inspiration from both the planting and the sculpture.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My garden wish list grows ever longer.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1383116334393634933-4840510307342150250?l=vegcottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/feeds/4840510307342150250/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383116334393634933&amp;postID=4840510307342150250' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/4840510307342150250'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/4840510307342150250'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2010/06/shieldbrook-sculpture-in-garden.html' title='Shieldbrook sculpture in the Garden'/><author><name>Frankie @ Veg Plot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17922995992473118940</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/RY7RQxL_5rI/AAAAAAAAAAc/0jkYuo295V8/s200/cucumber.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TBhtgxLr93I/AAAAAAAACY4/iMjr1bujsbw/s72-c/IMG_0260_2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383116334393634933.post-5130771607063590546</id><published>2010-06-13T08:59:00.004+01:00</published><updated>2010-06-13T09:10:18.235+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nature'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spouse'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='veg'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='garden'/><title type='text'>Big Brother</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TBSP7_EfYKI/AAAAAAAACYw/zOVDOSQJuOg/s1600/IMGP5143.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TBSP7_EfYKI/AAAAAAAACYw/zOVDOSQJuOg/s200/IMGP5143.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482164907122057378" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;As the last series of &lt;a href="http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/big_brother/3011827/Big-Brother-fans-make-Mario-second-favourite.html"&gt;BB&lt;/a&gt; starts with a mole in the house, I awoke to find two mole holes in the garden.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Molehill soil is supposed to be a good base for friable,    virtually weed-free potting compost.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Spouse is talking trapping and moleskin shoes.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1383116334393634933-5130771607063590546?l=vegcottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/feeds/5130771607063590546/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383116334393634933&amp;postID=5130771607063590546' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/5130771607063590546'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/5130771607063590546'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2010/06/big-brother.html' title='Big Brother'/><author><name>Frankie @ Veg Plot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17922995992473118940</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/RY7RQxL_5rI/AAAAAAAAAAc/0jkYuo295V8/s200/cucumber.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TBSP7_EfYKI/AAAAAAAACYw/zOVDOSQJuOg/s72-c/IMGP5143.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383116334393634933.post-6675219854996569394</id><published>2010-06-12T08:42:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2010-06-13T08:46:14.610+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='veg'/><title type='text'>I should have got a bigger one....</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TBSL8X3J2AI/AAAAAAAACYo/KeUV_gogaNQ/s1600/IMGP5121.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TBSL8X3J2AI/AAAAAAAACYo/KeUV_gogaNQ/s200/IMGP5121.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482160515730495490" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Not used to my cabbages and purple sprouting surviving the caterpillar onslaughts, I am starting to regret buying the shorter legged &lt;a href="http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2010/05/cabbage-whites-watch-out.html"&gt;crop protector cage&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1383116334393634933-6675219854996569394?l=vegcottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/feeds/6675219854996569394/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383116334393634933&amp;postID=6675219854996569394' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/6675219854996569394'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/6675219854996569394'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2010/06/i-should-have-got-bigger-one.html' title='I should have got a bigger one....'/><author><name>Frankie @ Veg Plot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17922995992473118940</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/RY7RQxL_5rI/AAAAAAAAAAc/0jkYuo295V8/s200/cucumber.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TBSL8X3J2AI/AAAAAAAACYo/KeUV_gogaNQ/s72-c/IMGP5121.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383116334393634933.post-177416517790523126</id><published>2010-06-09T22:36:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2010-06-09T22:44:01.756+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sister'/><title type='text'>Happy Birthday Sister</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TBAKYDCDLWI/AAAAAAAACYg/dmVttxN4c-M/s1600/IMG_0233.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TBAKYDCDLWI/AAAAAAAACYg/dmVttxN4c-M/s200/IMG_0233.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480892154756935010" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;To celebrate, we cracked open a bottle of champagne and shared it with the &lt;a href="http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2010/02/jane.html"&gt;tree&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Think Sister would like that!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1383116334393634933-177416517790523126?l=vegcottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/feeds/177416517790523126/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383116334393634933&amp;postID=177416517790523126' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/177416517790523126'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/177416517790523126'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2010/06/happy-birthday-sister.html' title='Happy Birthday Sister'/><author><name>Frankie @ Veg Plot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17922995992473118940</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/RY7RQxL_5rI/AAAAAAAAAAc/0jkYuo295V8/s200/cucumber.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TBAKYDCDLWI/AAAAAAAACYg/dmVttxN4c-M/s72-c/IMG_0233.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383116334393634933.post-3342149597749744062</id><published>2010-06-07T18:38:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2010-06-07T18:48:11.581+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nature'/><title type='text'>Fallow Fawn</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TA0vW9xuiRI/AAAAAAAACYQ/h5aMJ9mqDLQ/s1600/IMG_0224.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TA0vW9xuiRI/AAAAAAAACYQ/h5aMJ9mqDLQ/s200/IMG_0224.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480088393166522642" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Although feeling guilt pangs about my lack of recent weeding, I was glad to be out walking when we came across this new born fallow deer fawn yesterday. I hope his mum was close by.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1383116334393634933-3342149597749744062?l=vegcottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/feeds/3342149597749744062/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383116334393634933&amp;postID=3342149597749744062' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/3342149597749744062'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/3342149597749744062'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2010/06/fallow-fawn.html' title='Fallow Fawn'/><author><name>Frankie @ Veg Plot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17922995992473118940</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/RY7RQxL_5rI/AAAAAAAAAAc/0jkYuo295V8/s200/cucumber.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TA0vW9xuiRI/AAAAAAAACYQ/h5aMJ9mqDLQ/s72-c/IMG_0224.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383116334393634933.post-8657415295942691975</id><published>2010-06-03T06:35:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2010-06-03T06:49:02.067+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nature'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lugg'/><title type='text'>Comfrey Feed</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TAc_UBlzObI/AAAAAAAACYA/IZs-ERo3Fa0/s1600/IMGP4940.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TAc_UBlzObI/AAAAAAAACYA/IZs-ERo3Fa0/s200/IMGP4940.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478417084976413106" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The river banks are full of wildflowers at the moment including comfrey which I have picked for &lt;a href="http://allotment21.blogspot.com/2006/05/wednesday-17th-may-more-comfrey.html"&gt;tomato feed&lt;/a&gt;. Apparently, the leaves can be cooked and eaten but they make only a ”tolerable vegetable” and according to John Lindley (1853) “not, however, valued by persons of refined taste.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'll stick with my spinach.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1383116334393634933-8657415295942691975?l=vegcottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/feeds/8657415295942691975/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383116334393634933&amp;postID=8657415295942691975' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/8657415295942691975'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/8657415295942691975'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2010/06/comfrey-feed.html' title='Comfrey Feed'/><author><name>Frankie @ Veg Plot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17922995992473118940</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/RY7RQxL_5rI/AAAAAAAAAAc/0jkYuo295V8/s200/cucumber.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TAc_UBlzObI/AAAAAAAACYA/IZs-ERo3Fa0/s72-c/IMGP4940.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383116334393634933.post-4889842712636131051</id><published>2010-05-31T09:42:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2010-05-31T09:56:19.003+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Glan Arrow</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TAN2khV_VdI/AAAAAAAACX4/R_dYqTjS-SA/s1600/IMGP5031.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TAN2khV_VdI/AAAAAAAACX4/R_dYqTjS-SA/s200/IMGP5031.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477351941610624466" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Yesterday we visited Glan Arrow in Eardisland, open under the &lt;a href="http://www.ngs.org.uk/gardens/gardenfinder/garden.aspx?id=20634"&gt;ngs scheme&lt;/a&gt;. Oh to have a veg plot like this one... not to mention the river Arrow alongside, famously crossed by Henry Tudor on his way to Bosworth Field. Spouse got quite excited at the sight of dozens of wild brown trout taking mayflies.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I wonder if Henry Tudor managed to  &lt;a href="http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2010/05/cookery-book.html"&gt;cook one in newspaper&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1383116334393634933-4889842712636131051?l=vegcottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/feeds/4889842712636131051/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383116334393634933&amp;postID=4889842712636131051' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/4889842712636131051'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/4889842712636131051'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2010/05/glan-arrow.html' title='Glan Arrow'/><author><name>Frankie @ Veg Plot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17922995992473118940</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/RY7RQxL_5rI/AAAAAAAAAAc/0jkYuo295V8/s200/cucumber.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TAN2khV_VdI/AAAAAAAACX4/R_dYqTjS-SA/s72-c/IMGP5031.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383116334393634933.post-8175272506837790893</id><published>2010-05-30T13:52:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2010-05-30T13:53:11.947+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='veg'/><title type='text'>Please....</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TAJfgliQekI/AAAAAAAACXw/RzcGOBGW4HA/s1600/IMGP4930.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TAJfgliQekI/AAAAAAAACXw/RzcGOBGW4HA/s200/IMGP4930.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477045110272195138" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Please grow into a tomato and don't get blight....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1383116334393634933-8175272506837790893?l=vegcottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/feeds/8175272506837790893/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383116334393634933&amp;postID=8175272506837790893' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/8175272506837790893'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/8175272506837790893'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2010/05/please.html' title='Please....'/><author><name>Frankie @ Veg Plot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17922995992473118940</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/RY7RQxL_5rI/AAAAAAAAAAc/0jkYuo295V8/s200/cucumber.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/TAJfgliQekI/AAAAAAAACXw/RzcGOBGW4HA/s72-c/IMGP4930.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383116334393634933.post-952098414399523432</id><published>2010-05-26T21:42:00.004+01:00</published><updated>2010-06-17T08:41:04.953+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cat'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nature'/><title type='text'>More Babies</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/S_2H2P8AL7I/AAAAAAAACXo/PhWhPYd5AFY/s1600/IMGP4883.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 166px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/S_2H2P8AL7I/AAAAAAAACXo/PhWhPYd5AFY/s200/IMGP4883.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475682088013279154" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;This time a gift from &lt;a href="http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2010/02/feargal-cat.html"&gt;Feargal&lt;/a&gt;. This little chap was put back in the neighbouring field and I hope he doesn't return to eat my seedlings.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1383116334393634933-952098414399523432?l=vegcottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/feeds/952098414399523432/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383116334393634933&amp;postID=952098414399523432' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/952098414399523432'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/952098414399523432'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2010/05/more-babies.html' title='More Babies'/><author><name>Frankie @ Veg Plot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17922995992473118940</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/RY7RQxL_5rI/AAAAAAAAAAc/0jkYuo295V8/s200/cucumber.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/S_2H2P8AL7I/AAAAAAAACXo/PhWhPYd5AFY/s72-c/IMGP4883.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383116334393634933.post-4690873973972401411</id><published>2010-05-24T20:58:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2010-05-24T21:04:09.411+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='chickens'/><title type='text'>New Chick</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/S_rak-Kyk4I/AAAAAAAACXg/yIw2fjx28x4/s1600/Unknown.jpeg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/S_rak-Kyk4I/AAAAAAAACXg/yIw2fjx28x4/s200/Unknown.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474928625720660866" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;When Mel and I picked up our &lt;a href="http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2010/05/three-new-chickens.html"&gt;new hens&lt;/a&gt;, her barnevelders had both laid eggs. They were a bit pecked from spending time with a cockerel and so Mel put the eggs under her broody hen. A few weeks later and this is the result!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1383116334393634933-4690873973972401411?l=vegcottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/feeds/4690873973972401411/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383116334393634933&amp;postID=4690873973972401411' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/4690873973972401411'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/4690873973972401411'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2010/05/new-chick.html' title='New Chick'/><author><name>Frankie @ Veg Plot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17922995992473118940</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/RY7RQxL_5rI/AAAAAAAAAAc/0jkYuo295V8/s200/cucumber.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/S_rak-Kyk4I/AAAAAAAACXg/yIw2fjx28x4/s72-c/Unknown.jpeg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383116334393634933.post-6817676054465674669</id><published>2010-05-23T06:37:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2010-05-23T06:37:00.226+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cat'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='garden'/><title type='text'>Alliums</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/S_gWiyxC5bI/AAAAAAAACXY/emUUNA8q2-w/s1600/IMGP4870.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/S_gWiyxC5bI/AAAAAAAACXY/emUUNA8q2-w/s200/IMGP4870.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474150134067684786" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The &lt;a href="http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2009/04/happy-accident.html"&gt;tulips&lt;/a&gt; by our front wall are dying back to be replaced by alliums. I hope Feargal stays away from them because many allium plants are reportedly toxic to cats.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="border: medium none ; overflow: hidden; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;" id="TixyyLink"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1383116334393634933-6817676054465674669?l=vegcottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/feeds/6817676054465674669/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383116334393634933&amp;postID=6817676054465674669' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/6817676054465674669'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/6817676054465674669'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2010/05/alliums.html' title='Alliums'/><author><name>Frankie @ Veg Plot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17922995992473118940</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/RY7RQxL_5rI/AAAAAAAAAAc/0jkYuo295V8/s200/cucumber.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/S_gWiyxC5bI/AAAAAAAACXY/emUUNA8q2-w/s72-c/IMGP4870.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383116334393634933.post-5601544858461168908</id><published>2010-05-22T08:34:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2010-05-22T08:40:30.037+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='chickens'/><title type='text'>Chicken S**t</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/S_eJEPxU97I/AAAAAAAACXI/dh9DIOJTbiY/s1600/IMGP4873.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/S_eJEPxU97I/AAAAAAAACXI/dh9DIOJTbiY/s200/IMGP4873.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473994578138036146" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Spouse sent me a &lt;a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2010/may/22/chickens-eggs-coop-pets-recipe"&gt;link&lt;/a&gt; telling me that hens foraging on pasture produce eggs containing 34% less cholesterol than those on industrial feed which is good news as we are getting 6 per day.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am far more excited about their other produce which is high in nitrogen and also contains potassium and phosphorus.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I dream of compost.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1383116334393634933-5601544858461168908?l=vegcottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/feeds/5601544858461168908/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383116334393634933&amp;postID=5601544858461168908' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/5601544858461168908'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/5601544858461168908'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2010/05/chicken-st.html' title='Chicken S**t'/><author><name>Frankie @ Veg Plot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17922995992473118940</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/RY7RQxL_5rI/AAAAAAAAAAc/0jkYuo295V8/s200/cucumber.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/S_eJEPxU97I/AAAAAAAACXI/dh9DIOJTbiY/s72-c/IMGP4873.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383116334393634933.post-6569403166496428338</id><published>2010-05-21T08:42:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2010-05-22T08:49:17.154+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lugg'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spouse'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fishing'/><title type='text'>Cookery Book</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/S_eK85OAtyI/AAAAAAAACXQ/_tv5prP05bo/s1600/Food+For.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 143px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/S_eK85OAtyI/AAAAAAAACXQ/_tv5prP05bo/s200/Food+For.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473996650848499490" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The new Sarah Raven cookbook arrived today and I am desperate for Spouse to catch a trout that I can wrap in newspaper, soak in river water and throw on the fire.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1383116334393634933-6569403166496428338?l=vegcottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/feeds/6569403166496428338/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383116334393634933&amp;postID=6569403166496428338' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/6569403166496428338'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/6569403166496428338'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2010/05/cookery-book.html' title='Cookery Book'/><author><name>Frankie @ Veg Plot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17922995992473118940</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/RY7RQxL_5rI/AAAAAAAAAAc/0jkYuo295V8/s200/cucumber.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/S_eK85OAtyI/AAAAAAAACXQ/_tv5prP05bo/s72-c/Food+For.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383116334393634933.post-5761571093376289404</id><published>2010-05-16T19:48:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2010-05-16T19:52:19.715+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spouse'/><title type='text'>Hazel</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/S_A-FQQ9a1I/AAAAAAAACXA/AYOq_i4GeFU/s1600/IMGP4821.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/S_A-FQQ9a1I/AAAAAAAACXA/AYOq_i4GeFU/s200/IMGP4821.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471941807241522002" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Druids often made &lt;a href="http://talesofinglewood.blogspot.com/2007/08/hazel-lore.html"&gt;wands&lt;/a&gt; from Hazel wood, and used the wands for finding ley lines. Spouse gathered some this morning for my bean wigwam. I will watch him closely for signs of flowing robes and a long, white beard.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1383116334393634933-5761571093376289404?l=vegcottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/feeds/5761571093376289404/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383116334393634933&amp;postID=5761571093376289404' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/5761571093376289404'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/5761571093376289404'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2010/05/hazel.html' title='Hazel'/><author><name>Frankie @ Veg Plot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17922995992473118940</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/RY7RQxL_5rI/AAAAAAAAAAc/0jkYuo295V8/s200/cucumber.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/S_A-FQQ9a1I/AAAAAAAACXA/AYOq_i4GeFU/s72-c/IMGP4821.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383116334393634933.post-4386291094475638955</id><published>2010-05-15T17:03:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2010-05-16T17:07:43.151+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Strange Eggs</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/S_AXevGsDeI/AAAAAAAACW4/s2oXFx9z1Sg/s1600/IMG_0157.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/S_AXevGsDeI/AAAAAAAACW4/s2oXFx9z1Sg/s200/IMG_0157.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471899364063186402" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://allotment21.blogspot.com/2006/05/wednesday-3rd-may-beer.html"&gt;Steve&lt;/a&gt; sent me a photo of one of Mel's eggs today. I think they are winning the strange egg shape competition.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1383116334393634933-4386291094475638955?l=vegcottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/feeds/4386291094475638955/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383116334393634933&amp;postID=4386291094475638955' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/4386291094475638955'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/4386291094475638955'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2010/05/strange-eggs.html' title='Strange Eggs'/><author><name>Frankie @ Veg Plot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17922995992473118940</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/RY7RQxL_5rI/AAAAAAAAAAc/0jkYuo295V8/s200/cucumber.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/S_AXevGsDeI/AAAAAAAACW4/s2oXFx9z1Sg/s72-c/IMG_0157.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383116334393634933.post-3683759461709677594</id><published>2010-05-13T18:12:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2010-05-13T18:17:55.404+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='veg'/><title type='text'>Asparaus</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/S-wzEVmJxrI/AAAAAAAACWw/XI6MJ4leIg8/s1600/IMGP4819.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/S-wzEVmJxrI/AAAAAAAACWw/XI6MJ4leIg8/s200/IMGP4819.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470803796957972146" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;According to the &lt;a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hereford/worcs/8677413.stm"&gt;BBC&lt;/a&gt;, cold weather has halted the growth of asparagus crops across Herefordshire and Worcestershire during its peak season.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I dashed out to check mine and it seems to be doing fine.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1383116334393634933-3683759461709677594?l=vegcottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/feeds/3683759461709677594/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383116334393634933&amp;postID=3683759461709677594' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/3683759461709677594'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/3683759461709677594'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2010/05/asparaus.html' title='Asparaus'/><author><name>Frankie @ Veg Plot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17922995992473118940</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/RY7RQxL_5rI/AAAAAAAAAAc/0jkYuo295V8/s200/cucumber.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/S-wzEVmJxrI/AAAAAAAACWw/XI6MJ4leIg8/s72-c/IMGP4819.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383116334393634933.post-8297724216176132682</id><published>2010-05-12T21:29:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2010-05-12T21:43:18.995+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lugg'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spouse'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fishing'/><title type='text'>Alys does Himalayan Balsam</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/S-sQZMhjMjI/AAAAAAAACWo/r8N1ghqb9rM/s1600/balsam+copy.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 112px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/S-sQZMhjMjI/AAAAAAAACWo/r8N1ghqb9rM/s200/balsam+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470484197416317490" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Since Spouse took up fishing, he bemoans all the &lt;a href="http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2007/08/himalayan-balsam.html"&gt;Himalayan Balsam&lt;/a&gt;  lining the Lugg making it hard to cast.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In tonight's episode of &lt;a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00s1lc8"&gt;The Edible Gardener&lt;/a&gt;, Alys Fowler collects the seeds to make bread.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Will suggest Spouse should buy me the recipe book and I can do my bit to preserve his fishing spots.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1383116334393634933-8297724216176132682?l=vegcottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/feeds/8297724216176132682/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383116334393634933&amp;postID=8297724216176132682' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/8297724216176132682'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/8297724216176132682'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2010/05/alys-does-himalayan-balsam.html' title='Alys does Himalayan Balsam'/><author><name>Frankie @ Veg Plot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17922995992473118940</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/RY7RQxL_5rI/AAAAAAAAAAc/0jkYuo295V8/s200/cucumber.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/S-sQZMhjMjI/AAAAAAAACWo/r8N1ghqb9rM/s72-c/balsam+copy.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383116334393634933.post-817917792034415800</id><published>2010-05-10T07:01:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2010-05-10T07:16:10.696+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='garden'/><title type='text'>Agapanthus</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/S-ehWs3ZfCI/AAAAAAAACWg/Lj0EHyg3eS4/s1600/IMGP4808.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/S-ehWs3ZfCI/AAAAAAAACWg/Lj0EHyg3eS4/s200/IMGP4808.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469517683837467682" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; My Malvern purchaces include three agapanthus. As their leaves have anti-inflammatory properties, herbalists suggest that weary gardeners wrap their feet in the leaves for half an hour at the end of the day.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Considering that every agapanthus I have previously planted died, I don't hold much hope of testing this theory.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1383116334393634933-817917792034415800?l=vegcottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/feeds/817917792034415800/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383116334393634933&amp;postID=817917792034415800' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/817917792034415800'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/817917792034415800'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2010/05/agapanthus.html' title='Agapanthus'/><author><name>Frankie @ Veg Plot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17922995992473118940</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/RY7RQxL_5rI/AAAAAAAAAAc/0jkYuo295V8/s200/cucumber.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/S-ehWs3ZfCI/AAAAAAAACWg/Lj0EHyg3eS4/s72-c/IMGP4808.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383116334393634933.post-3513668612488324688</id><published>2010-05-09T12:19:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2010-05-09T12:31:16.947+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spouse'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='veg'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nephew'/><title type='text'>Cabbage Whites Watch Out!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/S-aadaG_-qI/AAAAAAAACWY/XeCzZuXx8k4/s1600/IMGP4810.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/S-aadaG_-qI/AAAAAAAACWY/XeCzZuXx8k4/s200/IMGP4810.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469228627503610530" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I learned from my cabbage distaster&lt;a href="http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2009/08/next-year-i-will-net.html"&gt; last year&lt;/a&gt; and purchased netting and a link-a-ball system from &lt;a href="http://malvernmeet.blogspot.com/"&gt;Malvern&lt;/a&gt; yesterday.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://allotment21.blogspot.com/2006/02/saturday-11th-february-staging-slabs.html"&gt;Nephew,&lt;/a&gt; aided by Spouse, constructed it this morning just as the first cabbage white appeared.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ha!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1383116334393634933-3513668612488324688?l=vegcottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/feeds/3513668612488324688/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383116334393634933&amp;postID=3513668612488324688' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/3513668612488324688'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/3513668612488324688'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2010/05/cabbage-whites-watch-out.html' title='Cabbage Whites Watch Out!'/><author><name>Frankie @ Veg Plot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17922995992473118940</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/RY7RQxL_5rI/AAAAAAAAAAc/0jkYuo295V8/s200/cucumber.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/S-aadaG_-qI/AAAAAAAACWY/XeCzZuXx8k4/s72-c/IMGP4810.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383116334393634933.post-727492744265946749</id><published>2010-05-08T21:57:00.004+01:00</published><updated>2010-05-08T22:15:36.255+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mel'/><title type='text'>To Malvern with Trolley</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/S-XQkftUASI/AAAAAAAACWQ/OdKAAhPlZFs/s1600/Malvern+copy.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 164px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/S-XQkftUASI/AAAAAAAACWQ/OdKAAhPlZFs/s200/Malvern+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469006647916757282" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Mel &amp;amp; I along with hundreds of others filled our &lt;a href="http://frugilegus.wordpress.com/2010/03/24/to-malvern/"&gt;shopping trollies&lt;/a&gt; today and not even the cold and rain stopped us.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It was lovely to finally meet &lt;a href="http://vegplotting.blogspot.com/"&gt;VP&lt;/a&gt; who worked so hard to put it all together and to watch the &lt;a href="http://www.3menwent2mow.com/3MenWent2Mow/Welcome.html"&gt;Three Men&lt;/a&gt; in action.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Might just have to buy one of those pink trollies for next year.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1383116334393634933-727492744265946749?l=vegcottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/feeds/727492744265946749/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383116334393634933&amp;postID=727492744265946749' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/727492744265946749'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/727492744265946749'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2010/05/to-malvern-with-trolley.html' title='To Malvern with Trolley'/><author><name>Frankie @ Veg Plot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17922995992473118940</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/RY7RQxL_5rI/AAAAAAAAAAc/0jkYuo295V8/s200/cucumber.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/S-XQkftUASI/AAAAAAAACWQ/OdKAAhPlZFs/s72-c/Malvern+copy.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383116334393634933.post-8003088442921722794</id><published>2010-05-07T17:12:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2010-05-07T17:18:16.765+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='chickens'/><title type='text'>Eggs</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/S-Q8Eg07lRI/AAAAAAAACWI/74JQkO1l1Vw/s1600/IMGP4694.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/S-Q8Eg07lRI/AAAAAAAACWI/74JQkO1l1Vw/s200/IMGP4694.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468561895763711250" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;German and Slav peasants rub a mixture of eggs, bread and flour on their plows hoping to improve the harvest. As I am now getting five eggs a day, I could do the same with my trowel.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1383116334393634933-8003088442921722794?l=vegcottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/feeds/8003088442921722794/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383116334393634933&amp;postID=8003088442921722794' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/8003088442921722794'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/8003088442921722794'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2010/05/eggs.html' title='Eggs'/><author><name>Frankie @ Veg Plot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17922995992473118940</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/RY7RQxL_5rI/AAAAAAAAAAc/0jkYuo295V8/s200/cucumber.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/S-Q8Eg07lRI/AAAAAAAACWI/74JQkO1l1Vw/s72-c/IMGP4694.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383116334393634933.post-6183370041588559243</id><published>2010-05-04T06:54:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2010-05-04T06:54:00.501+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Malvern Show</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/S96rm4GludI/AAAAAAAACWA/X8XAOEAds6s/s1600/Malvern2010.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 158px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/S96rm4GludI/AAAAAAAACWA/X8XAOEAds6s/s200/Malvern2010.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466995682057763282" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Looking forward to Malvern next week thanks to a lot of hard work by VP which you can read about on her &lt;a href="http://malvernmeet.blogspot.com/"&gt;Malvern blog&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On the day I will be there, a group of fellow-bloggers are visiting &lt;a href="http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2008/08/hampton-court.html"&gt;Hampton Court&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2009/02/stockton-bury-gardens.html"&gt;Stockton Bury&lt;/a&gt; gardens which are just up the road... next year I will lay on tea and scones incase they call in en-route!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1383116334393634933-6183370041588559243?l=vegcottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/feeds/6183370041588559243/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383116334393634933&amp;postID=6183370041588559243' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/6183370041588559243'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/6183370041588559243'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2010/05/malvern-show.html' title='Malvern Show'/><author><name>Frankie @ Veg Plot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17922995992473118940</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/RY7RQxL_5rI/AAAAAAAAAAc/0jkYuo295V8/s200/cucumber.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/S96rm4GludI/AAAAAAAACWA/X8XAOEAds6s/s72-c/Malvern2010.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383116334393634933.post-4909497556085160976</id><published>2010-05-03T07:56:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2010-05-03T07:56:00.816+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cat'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='garden'/><title type='text'>Spring is here</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/S9wW5sc5rGI/AAAAAAAACV4/cTP40fXzBk4/s1600/IMGP4647.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/S9wW5sc5rGI/AAAAAAAACV4/cTP40fXzBk4/s200/IMGP4647.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466269228161674338" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;All the apple trees, the cherry and pear are in blossom and the cuckoo is calling.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Feargal is shaking off the blossom by climbing the trees and would eat the cuckoo if he could catch it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He is also doing unspeakable things in the raised beds.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1383116334393634933-4909497556085160976?l=vegcottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/feeds/4909497556085160976/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383116334393634933&amp;postID=4909497556085160976' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/4909497556085160976'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/4909497556085160976'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2010/05/spring-is-here.html' title='Spring is here'/><author><name>Frankie @ Veg Plot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17922995992473118940</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/RY7RQxL_5rI/AAAAAAAAAAc/0jkYuo295V8/s200/cucumber.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/S9wW5sc5rGI/AAAAAAAACV4/cTP40fXzBk4/s72-c/IMGP4647.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383116334393634933.post-4514953874811145797</id><published>2010-05-02T06:49:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2010-05-02T08:44:00.895+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spouse'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='chickens'/><title type='text'>Three new Chickens</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/S9wVfAd77aI/AAAAAAAACVw/Ii0NC9KQxNs/s1600/IMGP4604.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/S9wVfAd77aI/AAAAAAAACVw/Ii0NC9KQxNs/s200/IMGP4604.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466267670166629794" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;We have three new chickens on the block.&lt;br /&gt;Betty the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnevelder"&gt;Barnevelder&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cousin Sue the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cream_Legbar"&gt;Cream Legbar&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Deanne the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marans"&gt;Blue Maran&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We should get lots of different coloured eggs. Shame Spouse doesn't like eggs very much!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1383116334393634933-4514953874811145797?l=vegcottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/feeds/4514953874811145797/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383116334393634933&amp;postID=4514953874811145797' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/4514953874811145797'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/4514953874811145797'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2010/05/three-new-chickens.html' title='Three new Chickens'/><author><name>Frankie @ Veg Plot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17922995992473118940</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/RY7RQxL_5rI/AAAAAAAAAAc/0jkYuo295V8/s200/cucumber.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/S9wVfAd77aI/AAAAAAAACVw/Ii0NC9KQxNs/s72-c/IMGP4604.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383116334393634933.post-6161099026479565141</id><published>2010-05-01T06:23:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2010-05-01T06:23:00.213+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='garden'/><title type='text'>Gardener's World</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/S9rn-DQJE5I/AAAAAAAACVo/dzTxuDgoi5U/s1600/IMGP4578.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/S9rn-DQJE5I/AAAAAAAACVo/dzTxuDgoi5U/s200/IMGP4578.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465936150978433938" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Toby (Musto Boots) Buckland demonstrated how to propagate Sedums in &lt;a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006mw1h"&gt;Gardener's World&lt;/a&gt; so I gave it a go today. They are supposed to go well with the &lt;a href="http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2009/10/miscanthus-sinensis-silberspinne.html"&gt;Miscanthus&lt;/a&gt; and last year my one plant looked rather forlorn.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Feeling like a proper "prairie planter"&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1383116334393634933-6161099026479565141?l=vegcottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/feeds/6161099026479565141/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383116334393634933&amp;postID=6161099026479565141' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/6161099026479565141'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/6161099026479565141'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2010/05/gardeners-world.html' title='Gardener&apos;s World'/><author><name>Frankie @ Veg Plot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17922995992473118940</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/RY7RQxL_5rI/AAAAAAAAAAc/0jkYuo295V8/s200/cucumber.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/S9rn-DQJE5I/AAAAAAAACVo/dzTxuDgoi5U/s72-c/IMGP4578.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383116334393634933.post-8280300652804134799</id><published>2010-04-30T10:35:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2010-04-30T10:52:36.726+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='veg'/><title type='text'>Blight free 2010?</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/S9qkfp3GejI/AAAAAAAACVg/NcdPPbuc7FU/s1600/IMGP4575.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/S9qkfp3GejI/AAAAAAAACVg/NcdPPbuc7FU/s200/IMGP4575.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465861961487383090" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Episode 2 of the Edible Gardener showed that even expert Alys Fowler gets hit by blight. Just type the word in on this blog's search engine to see I have had it three years on the trot.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This year, the &lt;a href="http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2010/03/potatoes.html"&gt;potatoes in a bin&lt;/a&gt; are thriving in the greenhouse and I bought 6 healthy tomato plants from the garden centre yesterday.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If I can only get a crop in early enough 2010 might be my year...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1383116334393634933-8280300652804134799?l=vegcottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/feeds/8280300652804134799/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383116334393634933&amp;postID=8280300652804134799' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/8280300652804134799'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/8280300652804134799'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2010/04/blight-free-2010.html' title='Blight free 2010?'/><author><name>Frankie @ Veg Plot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17922995992473118940</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/RY7RQxL_5rI/AAAAAAAAAAc/0jkYuo295V8/s200/cucumber.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/S9qkfp3GejI/AAAAAAAACVg/NcdPPbuc7FU/s72-c/IMGP4575.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383116334393634933.post-9082483569071606007</id><published>2010-04-29T06:37:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2010-04-29T06:37:00.102+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mr-I-Wish-To-Remain'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='garden'/><title type='text'>Apple Tunnel</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/S9iAfNRRwWI/AAAAAAAACVY/allFTKaChIw/s1600/IMGP4385.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/S9iAfNRRwWI/AAAAAAAACVY/allFTKaChIw/s200/IMGP4385.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465259421440524642" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Last time I visited &lt;a href="http://www.heligan.com/explore/gallery/northern-gardens"&gt;Helegan&lt;/a&gt; in 2005 I loved this apple arch walk but there was nowhere for it to go in my small back garden. Recently I have been thinking of replacing the &lt;a href="http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2008/11/borders-movie.html"&gt;borders of our path&lt;/a&gt; with an avenue of apples and after revisiting Helegan, I think I will plagiarise&lt;em&gt;.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Have emailed a photo to Mr-I-Wish-To-Remain who is handy with a welder... Fingers crossed...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1383116334393634933-9082483569071606007?l=vegcottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/feeds/9082483569071606007/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383116334393634933&amp;postID=9082483569071606007' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/9082483569071606007'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/9082483569071606007'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2010/04/apple-tunnel.html' title='Apple Tunnel'/><author><name>Frankie @ Veg Plot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17922995992473118940</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/RY7RQxL_5rI/AAAAAAAAAAc/0jkYuo295V8/s200/cucumber.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/S9iAfNRRwWI/AAAAAAAACVY/allFTKaChIw/s72-c/IMGP4385.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383116334393634933.post-7551520046019003255</id><published>2010-04-28T13:25:00.004+01:00</published><updated>2010-04-28T16:55:37.904+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nature'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='garden'/><title type='text'>Arch Enemy Returns</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/S9gpV9IfdhI/AAAAAAAACVQ/7r-KL9NNg78/s1600/IMGP4544.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 148px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/S9gpV9IfdhI/AAAAAAAACVQ/7r-KL9NNg78/s200/IMGP4544.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465163604978267666" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;For the third year running the red lily beetle is feasting in the garden. Depressingly, the best strategy for red lily beetle control is to avoid planting susceptible plants.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well my bulbs are coming up and I am out there picking the little red monsters off.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1383116334393634933-7551520046019003255?l=vegcottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/feeds/7551520046019003255/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383116334393634933&amp;postID=7551520046019003255' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/7551520046019003255'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/7551520046019003255'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2010/04/arch-enemy-returns.html' title='Arch Enemy Returns'/><author><name>Frankie @ Veg Plot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17922995992473118940</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/RY7RQxL_5rI/AAAAAAAAAAc/0jkYuo295V8/s200/cucumber.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/S9gpV9IfdhI/AAAAAAAACVQ/7r-KL9NNg78/s72-c/IMGP4544.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383116334393634933.post-4298879520091910799</id><published>2010-04-28T05:14:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2010-04-28T05:14:00.155+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sister'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mother'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='garden'/><title type='text'>Jane</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/S9dh2eJpruI/AAAAAAAACVI/hN2UJ_VbGZQ/s1600/IMGP4498.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/S9dh2eJpruI/AAAAAAAACVI/hN2UJ_VbGZQ/s200/IMGP4498.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464944261271760610" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;We came home from Cornwall to find &lt;a href="http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2010/02/jane.html"&gt;Jane&lt;/a&gt; in full flower. Both Mother and Brother-in-law have planted her in their gardens and will have to compare notes.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1383116334393634933-4298879520091910799?l=vegcottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/feeds/4298879520091910799/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383116334393634933&amp;postID=4298879520091910799' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/4298879520091910799'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/4298879520091910799'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2010/04/jane.html' title='Jane'/><author><name>Frankie @ Veg Plot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17922995992473118940</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/RY7RQxL_5rI/AAAAAAAAAAc/0jkYuo295V8/s200/cucumber.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/S9dh2eJpruI/AAAAAAAACVI/hN2UJ_VbGZQ/s72-c/IMGP4498.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383116334393634933.post-3008309548489817501</id><published>2010-04-27T18:31:00.004+01:00</published><updated>2010-04-27T18:44:37.414+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='veg'/><title type='text'>Asparagus pasta with lemon</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/S9cfy6HtSUI/AAAAAAAACVA/sM0jPYQ6-9Y/s1600/IMGP4494.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/S9cfy6HtSUI/AAAAAAAACVA/sM0jPYQ6-9Y/s200/IMGP4494.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464871632292890946" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The Spanish have a saying, “go fry asparagus”, which means a totally useless activity. As we were supposed to be in Spain today I have been doing just that.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Two years have passed since we &lt;a href="http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2008/03/asparagus.html"&gt;planted&lt;/a&gt; our asparagus, today was the first crop. Rather than frying, I cooked up Sarah Raven's &lt;a href="https://www.sarahraven.com/learn/articles/asparagus-pasta-lemon"&gt;Asparagus pasta with lemon&lt;/a&gt; .&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well worth the wait.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1383116334393634933-3008309548489817501?l=vegcottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/feeds/3008309548489817501/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383116334393634933&amp;postID=3008309548489817501' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/3008309548489817501'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/3008309548489817501'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2010/04/asparagus-pasta-with-lemon.html' title='Asparagus pasta with lemon'/><author><name>Frankie @ Veg Plot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17922995992473118940</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/RY7RQxL_5rI/AAAAAAAAAAc/0jkYuo295V8/s200/cucumber.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/S9cfy6HtSUI/AAAAAAAACVA/sM0jPYQ6-9Y/s72-c/IMGP4494.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383116334393634933.post-3939195394427204063</id><published>2010-04-26T17:26:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2010-04-26T17:29:42.506+01:00</updated><title type='text'>VOVACs</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/S9W-3rEiF-I/AAAAAAAACU4/_2BQ3WEBW78/s1600/IMGP4190.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 53px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/S9W-3rEiF-I/AAAAAAAACU4/_2BQ3WEBW78/s200/IMGP4190.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464483586547783650" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;We are officially VOVACs (Victims Of Volcanic Ash Cloud) as we were supposed to fly to Andalucia last Monday but ended up in Trevaunance Cove, Cornwall. What I wouldn't give to have this view from my garden...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1383116334393634933-3939195394427204063?l=vegcottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/feeds/3939195394427204063/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383116334393634933&amp;postID=3939195394427204063' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/3939195394427204063'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/3939195394427204063'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2010/04/vovacs.html' title='VOVACs'/><author><name>Frankie @ Veg Plot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17922995992473118940</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/RY7RQxL_5rI/AAAAAAAAAAc/0jkYuo295V8/s200/cucumber.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/S9W-3rEiF-I/AAAAAAAACU4/_2BQ3WEBW78/s72-c/IMGP4190.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383116334393634933.post-2231019456285915660</id><published>2010-04-22T10:27:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2010-04-27T18:27:36.170+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cat'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='veg'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='chickens'/><title type='text'>Brassicas</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/S8wiLLh6tuI/AAAAAAAACUw/sAXu54kfhgg/s1600/IMGP4168.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/S8wiLLh6tuI/AAAAAAAACUw/sAXu54kfhgg/s200/IMGP4168.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461778023562524386" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The chickens are doing their best to eat my &lt;a href="http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2010/04/cheating.html"&gt;brassicas&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Feargal is doing his best to eat my chickens.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1383116334393634933-2231019456285915660?l=vegcottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/feeds/2231019456285915660/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383116334393634933&amp;postID=2231019456285915660' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/2231019456285915660'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/2231019456285915660'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2010/04/brassicas.html' title='Brassicas'/><author><name>Frankie @ Veg Plot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17922995992473118940</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/RY7RQxL_5rI/AAAAAAAAAAc/0jkYuo295V8/s200/cucumber.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/S8wiLLh6tuI/AAAAAAAACUw/sAXu54kfhgg/s72-c/IMGP4168.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383116334393634933.post-2258800723061137659</id><published>2010-04-22T10:24:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2010-04-22T10:24:00.418+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='veg'/><title type='text'>Courgettes</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/S8whbkqozgI/AAAAAAAACUg/4Jyqi0RV2Eo/s1600/IMGP4165.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/S8whbkqozgI/AAAAAAAACUg/4Jyqi0RV2Eo/s200/IMGP4165.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461777205676264962" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2008/06/overwhelming-courgettes.html"&gt;Courgette's&lt;/a&gt; seem to be my star crop on the Veg Plot. Here come this year's seedlings planted in the compost bins.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Must eat up last year's frozen courgette soup before they crop!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1383116334393634933-2258800723061137659?l=vegcottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/feeds/2258800723061137659/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383116334393634933&amp;postID=2258800723061137659' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/2258800723061137659'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/2258800723061137659'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2010/04/courgettes.html' title='Courgettes'/><author><name>Frankie @ Veg Plot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17922995992473118940</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/RY7RQxL_5rI/AAAAAAAAAAc/0jkYuo295V8/s200/cucumber.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/S8whbkqozgI/AAAAAAAACUg/4Jyqi0RV2Eo/s72-c/IMGP4165.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383116334393634933.post-2246849173968693296</id><published>2010-04-21T06:59:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2010-04-21T06:59:00.613+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fishy Mike'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spouse'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='veg'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fishing'/><title type='text'>At last!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/S8lqdHKhgbI/AAAAAAAACUQ/jf6cSpGdqlw/s1600/IMGP4146.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/S8lqdHKhgbI/AAAAAAAACUQ/jf6cSpGdqlw/s200/IMGP4146.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461013071535374770" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Over three weeks later than &lt;a href="http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2009/03/asaparagus-fest.html"&gt;last year&lt;/a&gt;, the asparagus is starting to appear. As they were planted in 2008 as one year olds, theoretically we should be able to eat some this year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America claims that during World War II survival training, Secret Agents were instructed to eat asparagus before "swimming" in rivers where a sulphur-containing trail would attract fish, making them easier to catch.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Top tip for &lt;a href="http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2009/04/ever-hopeful.html"&gt;Spouse&lt;/a&gt; and Fishy Mike!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1383116334393634933-2246849173968693296?l=vegcottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/feeds/2246849173968693296/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383116334393634933&amp;postID=2246849173968693296' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/2246849173968693296'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/2246849173968693296'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2010/04/at-last.html' title='At last!'/><author><name>Frankie @ Veg Plot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17922995992473118940</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/RY7RQxL_5rI/AAAAAAAAAAc/0jkYuo295V8/s200/cucumber.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/S8lqdHKhgbI/AAAAAAAACUQ/jf6cSpGdqlw/s72-c/IMGP4146.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383116334393634933.post-3108897978673650875</id><published>2010-04-19T06:39:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2010-04-19T06:39:00.163+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='chickens'/><title type='text'>Two Eggs</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/S8oOjmTuxBI/AAAAAAAACUY/TTbHd-YXbiU/s1600/IMGP4155.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 145px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/S8oOjmTuxBI/AAAAAAAACUY/TTbHd-YXbiU/s200/IMGP4155.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461193502881661970" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;No idea who laid the smaller egg but suspect &lt;a href="http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2010/04/easter-eggs.html"&gt;'Er the Speckeldy&lt;/a&gt;. Bags me the big one for breakfast!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1383116334393634933-3108897978673650875?l=vegcottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/feeds/3108897978673650875/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383116334393634933&amp;postID=3108897978673650875' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/3108897978673650875'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/3108897978673650875'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2010/04/two-eggs.html' title='Two Eggs'/><author><name>Frankie @ Veg Plot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17922995992473118940</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/RY7RQxL_5rI/AAAAAAAAAAc/0jkYuo295V8/s200/cucumber.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/S8oOjmTuxBI/AAAAAAAACUY/TTbHd-YXbiU/s72-c/IMGP4155.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383116334393634933.post-8171397034086321977</id><published>2010-04-17T06:42:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2010-04-17T06:54:28.520+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nature'/><title type='text'>Volcanic Sunrise</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/S8lKXDwsWNI/AAAAAAAACUI/mWVCBzO8Ac0/s1600/IMGP4139.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/S8lKXDwsWNI/AAAAAAAACUI/mWVCBzO8Ac0/s200/IMGP4139.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460977783170422994" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I was up at an unearthly hour to let the chickens out and witnessed a &lt;a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/8623301.stm"&gt;volcanic&lt;/a&gt; sunrise.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1383116334393634933-8171397034086321977?l=vegcottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/feeds/8171397034086321977/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383116334393634933&amp;postID=8171397034086321977' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/8171397034086321977'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/8171397034086321977'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2010/04/volcanic-sunrise.html' title='Volcanic Sunrise'/><author><name>Frankie @ Veg Plot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17922995992473118940</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/RY7RQxL_5rI/AAAAAAAAAAc/0jkYuo295V8/s200/cucumber.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/S8lKXDwsWNI/AAAAAAAACUI/mWVCBzO8Ac0/s72-c/IMGP4139.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383116334393634933.post-4215997901857293007</id><published>2010-04-16T05:44:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2010-04-16T05:44:00.631+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cat'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nature'/><title type='text'>The Godfather...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/S8dChIGYjQI/AAAAAAAACUA/tqkq2mJdNGg/s1600/IMGP4132.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/S8dChIGYjQI/AAAAAAAACUA/tqkq2mJdNGg/s200/IMGP4132.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460406210087390466" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;In scenes redolent of the &lt;a href="http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i145/merlin81/godfather_horse.jpg"&gt;Godfather&lt;/a&gt;, I came home to a rabbit's bottom on the bedroom carpet.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Not sure where the rest of the rabbit is which a worry.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1383116334393634933-4215997901857293007?l=vegcottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/feeds/4215997901857293007/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383116334393634933&amp;postID=4215997901857293007' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/4215997901857293007'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/4215997901857293007'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2010/04/godfather.html' title='The Godfather...'/><author><name>Frankie @ Veg Plot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17922995992473118940</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/RY7RQxL_5rI/AAAAAAAAAAc/0jkYuo295V8/s200/cucumber.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/S8dChIGYjQI/AAAAAAAACUA/tqkq2mJdNGg/s72-c/IMGP4132.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383116334393634933.post-908162422065426858</id><published>2010-04-15T06:07:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2010-04-15T06:07:00.317+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cat'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nature'/><title type='text'>Shrew</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/S8Sk8ENWbVI/AAAAAAAACT4/8AxO2pGVcF4/s1600/IMGP4129.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 138px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/S8Sk8ENWbVI/AAAAAAAACT4/8AxO2pGVcF4/s200/IMGP4129.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459670000108727634" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;It appears that &lt;a href="http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2010/02/feargal-cat.html"&gt;Feargal&lt;/a&gt; is a '&lt;a href="http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2007/03/vibrating-mouse-training.html"&gt;mouser&lt;/a&gt;' specialising in shrews. English folklore says that if a shrew ran over an animal, the animal would be caused intense pain. To stop the pain a shrew would be chased up an ash tree and a twig from the tree used to brush the animal.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Having spent 20 minutes chasing this one round the kitchen with a jam jar (and excited cat) I would like to see them try.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1383116334393634933-908162422065426858?l=vegcottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/feeds/908162422065426858/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383116334393634933&amp;postID=908162422065426858' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/908162422065426858'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/908162422065426858'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2010/04/shrew.html' title='Shrew'/><author><name>Frankie @ Veg Plot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17922995992473118940</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/RY7RQxL_5rI/AAAAAAAAAAc/0jkYuo295V8/s200/cucumber.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/S8Sk8ENWbVI/AAAAAAAACT4/8AxO2pGVcF4/s72-c/IMGP4129.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383116334393634933.post-1787046066193983629</id><published>2010-04-14T07:56:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2010-04-14T07:56:00.353+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='garden'/><title type='text'>White Violets</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/S8LEJ9MvRpI/AAAAAAAACTg/vRwwqZQzgqY/s1600/IMGP3873.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/S8LEJ9MvRpI/AAAAAAAACTg/vRwwqZQzgqY/s200/IMGP3873.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459141373652321938" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;White violets have self seeded in the lawn which is rather good as according to the &lt;a href="http://www.americanvioletsociety.org/HistoryTraditions/Trivia.htm"&gt;American Violet Society&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;span class="linkListFont"&gt;&lt;i&gt;"A garland of violets around the neck protects                                 from deception and inebriation.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;"&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1383116334393634933-1787046066193983629?l=vegcottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/feeds/1787046066193983629/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383116334393634933&amp;postID=1787046066193983629' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/1787046066193983629'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/1787046066193983629'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2010/04/white-violets.html' title='White Violets'/><author><name>Frankie @ Veg Plot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17922995992473118940</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/RY7RQxL_5rI/AAAAAAAAAAc/0jkYuo295V8/s200/cucumber.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/S8LEJ9MvRpI/AAAAAAAACTg/vRwwqZQzgqY/s72-c/IMGP3873.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383116334393634933.post-3209320407590701826</id><published>2010-04-13T06:37:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2010-04-13T06:37:00.683+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nature'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='chickens'/><title type='text'>Pecking Pat</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/S8NaUvECgtI/AAAAAAAACTw/rGfd1HpNBQw/s1600/IMGP4121.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/S8NaUvECgtI/AAAAAAAACTw/rGfd1HpNBQw/s200/IMGP4121.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459306485580464850" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The pheasant is clearly at the bottom of the pecking order as made clear by Pat-the-Warren-Chicken who squared up for a scrap.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1383116334393634933-3209320407590701826?l=vegcottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/feeds/3209320407590701826/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383116334393634933&amp;postID=3209320407590701826' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/3209320407590701826'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/3209320407590701826'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2010/04/pecking-pat.html' title='Pecking Pat'/><author><name>Frankie @ Veg Plot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17922995992473118940</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/RY7RQxL_5rI/AAAAAAAAAAc/0jkYuo295V8/s200/cucumber.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/S8NaUvECgtI/AAAAAAAACTw/rGfd1HpNBQw/s72-c/IMGP4121.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383116334393634933.post-1073119627718595521</id><published>2010-04-12T08:20:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2010-04-12T08:33:24.363+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Tarquin'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='garden'/><title type='text'>The problem with Tarquin staying...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/S8LJ4s30jMI/AAAAAAAACTo/FB3pux5JpHE/s1600/plan.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/S8LJ4s30jMI/AAAAAAAACTo/FB3pux5JpHE/s200/plan.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459147674281610434" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;... is that he is a tree expert and extremely knowledgeable all round gardener. Tarquin pointed out that the leylandii hedge that screens the neighbours is unsightly and came up with some far more suitable suggestions to fit in with my &lt;a href="http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2010/03/lawns-and-plans.html"&gt;plans&lt;/a&gt; of stone walls, ponds, deck (over the tank) and patio removal. He also told me to ditch the ailing cherry and replace it with something beautiful. I fear he is right.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All I need is one big lottery win and I'm there!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1383116334393634933-1073119627718595521?l=vegcottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/feeds/1073119627718595521/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383116334393634933&amp;postID=1073119627718595521' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/1073119627718595521'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/1073119627718595521'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2010/04/problem-with-tarquin-staying.html' title='The problem with Tarquin staying...'/><author><name>Frankie @ Veg Plot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17922995992473118940</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/RY7RQxL_5rI/AAAAAAAAAAc/0jkYuo295V8/s200/cucumber.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/S8LJ4s30jMI/AAAAAAAACTo/FB3pux5JpHE/s72-c/plan.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383116334393634933.post-6444815125845405550</id><published>2010-04-11T09:10:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2010-04-11T09:15:57.624+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Tarquin'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spouse'/><title type='text'>More Magnolias</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/S8GEITRxpTI/AAAAAAAACTY/w-3iwDjDQB4/s1600/IMGP4027.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/S8GEITRxpTI/AAAAAAAACTY/w-3iwDjDQB4/s200/IMGP4027.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458789501498402098" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;We called in at &lt;a href="http://www.ornamental-trees.co.uk/"&gt;Ornamental Tree Nurseries&lt;/a&gt; en route home from Bryan's Ground where Mel and I couldn't resist a &lt;a href="http://www.ornamental-trees.co.uk/product_MAGNOLIA-stellata-Royal-Star_157_index.php"&gt;Magnolia Stellata&lt;/a&gt; each. The only downside was there wasn't enough room in the car for the plants, Tarquin and Spouse. Spouse sat in the boot.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1383116334393634933-6444815125845405550?l=vegcottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/feeds/6444815125845405550/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383116334393634933&amp;postID=6444815125845405550' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/6444815125845405550'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/6444815125845405550'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2010/04/more-magnolias.html' title='More Magnolias'/><author><name>Frankie @ Veg Plot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17922995992473118940</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/RY7RQxL_5rI/AAAAAAAAAAc/0jkYuo295V8/s200/cucumber.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/S8GEITRxpTI/AAAAAAAACTY/w-3iwDjDQB4/s72-c/IMGP4027.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383116334393634933.post-6135893787527515366</id><published>2010-04-10T09:00:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2010-04-11T09:09:33.712+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mel'/><title type='text'>Bryan's Ground</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/S8GBv3iSY2I/AAAAAAAACTQ/vjd1fFPUyEk/s1600/IMGP3988.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/S8GBv3iSY2I/AAAAAAAACTQ/vjd1fFPUyEk/s200/IMGP3988.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458786882711348066" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Today we visited &lt;a href="http://www.bryansground.co.uk/"&gt;Bryan's Ground&lt;/a&gt; which has gave us plenty of ideas. Both Mel and I are now keen to try some hawthorn topiary after seeing photographs of these skeletal frames covered with frost.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In Irish folklore, the Hawthorn is also referred to as the Faery Bush, and it is considered bad luck to cut it in fear of offending the faeries that inhabit it. I wonder how offended these faeries might be?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1383116334393634933-6135893787527515366?l=vegcottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/feeds/6135893787527515366/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383116334393634933&amp;postID=6135893787527515366' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/6135893787527515366'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/6135893787527515366'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/2010/04/bryans-ground.html' title='Bryan&apos;s Ground'/><author><name>Frankie @ Veg Plot</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17922995992473118940</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/RY7RQxL_5rI/AAAAAAAAAAc/0jkYuo295V8/s200/cucumber.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r57eA4YNRqA/S8GBv3iSY2I/AAAAAAAACTQ/vjd1fFPUyEk/s72-c/IMGP3988.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383116334393634933.post-1499644352139647404</id><published>2010-04-09T05:49:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2010-04-09T05:49:00.998+01:00</updated><title type='text'>A Garden's not a Garden without Hens and a Stupid Cat!</title><content type='html'>&lt;object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-45f44456291ee211" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" 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brassicas... red cabbage, purple sprouting and spinach all bought from the garden centre on the weekend.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://allotment21.blogspot.com/2006/10/saturday-14th-october-mary-gardens.html"&gt;Sister &lt;/a&gt;would have approved.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1383116334393634933-5465613836771693992?l=vegcottage.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vegcottage.blogspot.com/feeds/5465613836771693992/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383116334393634933&amp;postID=5465613836771693992' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383116334393634933/posts/default/5465613836771693992'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' 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