Category: Garden / farm

  • A bit of printing

    Here are some collagraph prints / plates made by my daughter whilst she was home over Xmas.

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    I am still ‘thinking’ about my Ebb and Flow book. I just can’t make any decisions at the moment!

    So the allotment has been progressing instead!

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  • Tasty Tuesday

    Well the good weather has meant more allotment work than arty work.

    Onto raised bed no.3 now at the plot

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    On the art front I just purchased some tasty Japanese paints. They are so beautiful. As displacement activity I painted the colour swatch.

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  • Tuesday is transplanting day

    As the weather continues to be fine there is much to do in the garden to distract me from printmaking!

    Lettuces transplanted into bigger quarters, seedlings moved into pots and the sweet peas have just sprouted.

    Hopefully we will have some lettuce during the Autumn and Winter…

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  • It has been a while…

    Summer has been distracting me / that and deciding to take on a new allotment on the spur of the moment!

    There is a slight weed issue

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    And the farm plot needs to be dismantled

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    At home the produce is good

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  • Circles on my mind

    More screenprinting of circles and type today – still playing around with pieces for Home exhibition book.

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    Then into the garden for some compost moving and spreading! Came across this lovely circular piece of ice with 2 leaves trapped in it. Found it on top of a metal bucket of weeds!

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  • Something different

    I was turning 1 of my 11 compost heaps today and came across the remnants of a wasp nest. I had to avoid it all summer as the wasps were very active. Now the wasps are gone I can enjoy the beauty of their living quarters!

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