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Aloe, Aloe, Aloe!

One of our favourite plants that can be used as a herbal remedy, is Aloe Vera.

They are wonderfully lush green succulent plants, very striking in appearance with their spotted leaves. They make fabulous house plants, instantly giving colour and life to a room. Don’t be fooled by their spiky appearance, they are quite soft to touch and not at all prickly.

They are also very forgiving plants if…

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Rosehip Jam

Rosehips are everywhere at this time of year. As well as adding colour to our autumn gardens, they can be turned into delicious rosehip jam!

There are many recipes to be found in books and online but most recipes advise you to wait until after the first frost before harvesting your rosehips. This makes them sweeter and improves the flavour.

Our tip today is, if you want to pick them earlier then…

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Enchanted garden.

It was perfectly still this morning. Before the sun had risen fully, or the birds and rabbits had woken up, it was quiet and frozen and still. Hereford lay under a blanket of frost waiting for the sun’s rays to wake it from it’s frozen slumber. Flowers looked sugar edged and Autumn’s seed heads had grown a spiky white stubble overnight. Winter I think we can say that winter has arrived!

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Life in Hereford Part One...

Life in Hereford Part One…

Apologies for my lengthy absence. I have been otherwise engaged. The past six weeks have seen me pack up and move, lock, stock and barrel, to Hereford. I have unpacked as much as I am going to this side of Christmas and in the last week or so, I have started to explore the city itself. Although I have moved to Hereford from the Midlands, I am from Chester originally and I often miss the ‘Olde…

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Ancient stones. Long Meg stone circle, Little Salkeld, Cumbria. #stonecircle #longmeg #Cumbria #edenvalley #ancientmonument #ancientstones

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Coffee and contemplation...

Coffee and contemplation…

As I sit in one of my favourite cafes in Solihull, I am aware that it will be one of my last visits here. The clock is ticking, new adventures await, it is the next chapter…..

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Bullet the blue sky. (plane trail over Grand Central) #reflections #grandcentral #birmingham #citylife #cityscape

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Central Library, Birmingham #centrallibrary #birmingham #architecture #citylife #cityscape

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Under the Rotunda #rotunda #birmingham #architecture #citylife #cityscape #highrise

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Regeneration #birmingham #cityscape #citylife #regeneration #landscape #skyline

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Rotunda reflections, Grand Central, Birmingham #birmingham #rotunda #grandcentral #citylife #cityscape #reflections 

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Living Wall, Grand Central, Birmingham #livingwall #birmingham #grandcentral #cityscape #citylife

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Stormy skies #stormclouds #selfridges #birmingham #cityscape #citylife #architecture

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Selfridges in Summer #birmingham #citylife #selfridges #cityscape #architecture

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Selfridges, Birmingham #citylife #cityscape #architecture #birmingham