Posts Tagged ‘England’
Allotment Gardening: First Early Prep
Posted by: louesejackson on: February 5, 2012
Well, finally it seems that Winter has arrived in England. However my first earlies keep plugging along and growing nicely inside the conservatory where they have been living for the last few weeks now. Some of them have graduated from seedlings to little plants and will need some propping up soon. I made the decision [...]
Winter Walks: Clent Hills
Posted by: louesejackson on: February 4, 2012
- In: England | My New Life | Storyline
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In an event I never really thought I would see over here, today it started to snow. Not like this kind of pellets-falling-from-the-sky-fake snow, but a proper snowfall. At one time this would raise my blood pressure to extreme levels — now it’s just delightful. We headed to the Clent Hills Nimmings Path. It was absolutely beautiful, [...]
Month of Letters: Some Post Boxes. Some Postcards.
Posted by: louesejackson on: February 3, 2012
On Wednesday Henry and I took a stroll across the public footpaths to mail our letters. Oh sure, there’s a post box right across the street, but we look for variety in this village. We did find one, and popped our first letters in. Henry stands by this one for proof: We are both cold. [...]
Phone Box Libraries
Posted by: louesejackson on: January 31, 2012
After I picked up Henry from preschool today, we ran a few errands and ended up at the post office in the neighbouring village, Belbroughton. And what do we have here? A Library! I didn’t tell Henry what it was until he opened the door (or I helped him). He knows that these red boxes [...]
Signs of Life
Posted by: louesejackson on: January 27, 2012
Three weeks after we planted our first set of First Early Douce Provence peas, we are starting to see results. As you can see, week 1 and 2 are showing some results, and I’m quite impressed with that first growth on the left there from week 1. I’ll have a hard time deciding which of [...]
Winter Outings – Ludlow Castle
Posted by: louesejackson on: January 15, 2012
Today we all decided to hop in the car and head to Shropshire. A short half hour later and we were in the center of the historic village of Ludlow, viewing it’s lovely Castle. Only 5£ for adults and free for kids, it makes a very affordable outing that will allow your kid to explore, [...]
Allotment Garden: First Earlies Part 1
Posted by: louesejackson on: January 4, 2012
- In: Allotment Gardening | England | Foodstuffs | Storyline
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Today Henry and I spent a little bit of time planting our very first “first earlies”. As far as I can tell, some vegetables have three designations: First Earlies Second Earlies Maincrop I have only run into this designation for potatoes and peas, however I know “earlies” and “maincrop” are words that get thrown around [...]
And Now For (one of) My Favourite Pastimes
Posted by: louesejackson on: December 6, 2011
- In: Crafty | England | My New Life | Not My Craft
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Down the road in… one of the directions, from here is a place called the Jinny Ring. It’s a typical craft centre. It has a tea shop — something I’m finding standard in most Ladies-type destinations. (all the Garden Centres have them). It has a pond outside where you can feed ducks. It has a [...]
I Have Been Industrial Revolutionized! Pt 2 — Blast Furnaces
Posted by: louesejackson on: September 2, 2011
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- louesejackson: Thank you! How are your boys doing? I have been woefully terrible at keeping up with blogs recently. I think when the spring comes, I'll get back in
- louesejackson: It is an on your honour library, with books donated by the community. I have a feeling I'll be dropping some of our less read books down there for, um
- louesejackson: I have noticed that (minus Quebec milk and dairy) it's pretty much the same price, minus the conversion. I prefer not to think about the converted pri
