GILLYBEAN

At gillybean's garden the lead up to Christmas has been alternating between quite manic and then subdued. Today I spent half the day ti...

In reply to Bonnie. I find aphids often attack young or stressed plants. My tomatoes were a bit stressed for water in my glasshouse recently...

Saturday 8am the sound that wakes you is a glockenspiel being practiced. Then siblings yelling at each other. Someone wants breakfast. At le...

My partner L made my wee stall. Comes in very handy for selling or giving away the few extras. It use to have a lovely money box too but t...

The market on the weekend involved quite a bit of thumb twiddling. I noticed people were buying mainly fruit and veges. My stall was pretty ...

I've hared it said that if you are an addict you often replace one addiction with another. I do have an addictive personality and havi...

It is so wrong to have Christmas in summer as it is in our hemisphere! Instead of slowing down and sitting by the fire knitting and sewing i...

To my son you are 12 today, I remember your birth well. I'm sorry that the next year or two was a blur in the post natal depression haze...

In response to spinningayarn. I have a fairly functional worm farm but am still learning too. I'd leave it till they come to the food be...

I would've liked to be crafting or gardening today but I was trying to be conscientious and finished off my work from last week and went...