‘I don’t mind some seed cake, if you have any.’ ‘Lots!’ Bilbo found himself answering to his own surprise; and he found himself scuttling off, too, ... to a pantry to fetch two beautiful round seed-cakes which he had baked that afternoon for his … [Read more...]
Archives for April 2015
A progression of rhubarb
Our colder than usual March here in East Anglia was good for primroses and daffodils, but the rhubarb on my village allotment used it as an excuse to tarry in hibernation. Where I would normally be harvesting the first stalks by now, I turn in … [Read more...]
Primula vulgaris: a common treasure
My English country garden is more abundant with the native, pale yellow primrose this year than I have ever known it. Suddenly the insignificant volunteer seedlings I half-remember seeing in unpromising places have plumped into blooming clumps that … [Read more...]