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Life Not In The (Fridge &) Freezer

1st November 2022 Going Postal 3186 Comments

Introduction This is an occasional series with no set timing, as and when it makes sense to post an update. Could in fact be the only article. It is more an intellectual exercise than being [more…]

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The Marisco Tavern

3rd October 2022 Going Postal 2652 Comments

One or two Puffins may well be of a vintage where the adage “you’ll never forget where you were when it was announced that JF Kennedy was shot” rings true. SWMBO and I are fortunate [more…]

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A View From The Greenhouse: We’re All “Far Right” Now, Innit?

20th September 2022 Colin Cross 3449 Comments

Two weeks ago, when I commenced to writing my last episode about the trials and tribulations of a lazy, often reluctant veg grower and half hearted forager, I had no idea there’d be a new [more…]

Cooking

Tapas

5th September 2022 Going Postal 3224 Comments

It is said that tapas started life as a thin slice of bread placed over the rim of a glass or tankard to prevent insects landing in the wine or beer. It was then that [more…]

Cooking

Plum Bread and Butter Pudding

16th August 2022 SharpieType301 3089 Comments

Fisherman’s luscious lardy cake recipe reminded me of this one William posted a few years ago which some of the many newbies to GP might like to try. Plum Bread and Butter Pudding (Not for [more…]

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A View From The Greenhouse; An Veritable Wall Of Stone, Innit?

26th July 2022 Colin Cross 3390 Comments

I’ve been enduring enforced “bachelorhood” this week, as Mrs. C, unwisely a it turns out, has accompanied daughter number two on short visit to Canada, where she’s a bridesmaid for a friend she met whilst [more…]

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A View From The Greenhouse (End Of The World, innit?)

12th July 2022 Colin Cross 3834 Comments

It hardly seems like two minutes since I was writing my last meandering offering and here we are again. It came to my attention, a couple of weeks ago, that I’d never fully installed the [more…]

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