put oven on to heat up 180 c
using my basic sponge recipe
4 eggs
8 oz of butter and sugar
8 oz any flour i used plan as i was out of Sr flour
small cereal bowl full of marmalade
you can use any time i just happen to want a loaf cake line your tin with greese proof helps with taking out
bake for around 30 to 40 mins check with screwier to see if the middle is down once cooked leave to cool then warm some more marmalade up and brush over the top
2 LB Of oranges waiting for me to add sugar and water 
All done
Iran out of jars hence two bowl fulls as well
And
Now i am debating to wait until this predict snow has come and gone or plant out now the toms can sit on my kitchen window sill i still have not planted my lilies as yet ether but will this week hopefully even if i have to use a wooden spoon as a trowel
we had a lovely talk on perennial border or as others might call it the herbaceous border
and this month and next month they do a seed swap and these are the two seed packets i brought home
Not a good photo but they are the sSutton on is country meadow wildflower and the purple on is Thompson and Morgan
Wildflower Ox Eye Daisy witch will be a nice addition for the back garden and in the raffle i got these beauty’s
Both lilies 6 of Stargazer and 8 of Asiatic mixed which will go out in the front garden i think not sure to put in ground or pot still working that one out any idea’s warmly welcome from you all as all ways
I am surprised that with moving theirit stayed alive i given it a little trim and turn it round to try and get it to straighten up
Trees are important for our wildlife too
I didn’t have a good weekend.
It started last Saturday when I was notified that my next door neighbour was in the process of having his very large English oak tree cut down and it ended with a blank, treeless view out of my window.
A tree really shouldn’t effect me this much. I found myself pacing and went for a walk to get away from the sound of the chainsaws while my guts were churning in a mix of fury and heartache that life in that old tree was being taken away. It didn’t need to be taken down. There was no issue with it other than the fact I believe my neighbour wants to sell the wood.
Thing is, I love trees. Trees are special and beautiful and majestic. Everyone is unique both in it’s appearance and it’s impact to the environment. They are also extremely important. Trees…
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After reading up on how to care for them as I was not sure what they were I was meant to mulch crowns in the winter
With 2-3 inches of mulch I see some of the shoots were I guess the spikes will come are starting to show so I might see if I can get some mulch to cover it we do not have snow by the weekend
A s would not like 2 lose them
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I have one clump out the front ad one in th back garden I am seing a lot of brown leaves o I might plu hem of be fore I mulch f I can I kother pobley wi rot down once rhemulch I down
Now i fill this with two kinds of filling today was lard but some times i treat them to peanut butter
i get most kinds of birds on here from the wood pigeon to the starlings and black birds in my old garden the wood pecker but have not seen him as yet in this garden my Maggie seems to be camera shire at the moment
not much planting or digging has been done so far i am slowly re building my seeds up as briefcase with them in was left behind in the old potting shed by accident
But when i do put new plants it be wildlife friendly ones and hedges have a blessed week until next time
awesome
What a lovely HAUL sarah
A couple of handfuls of peas and was lucky to get that
Enough gherkins for another 4 jars – lucky we like them.
8 cucumbers including one enormous 513g apple cucumber
10 zucchini of varying sizes with a couple being borderline marrow
270g green beans, 390g purple beans and 440g butter beans
Not a bad haul for a Sunday morning.
Linda's garden and wildlife 