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Monthly Archives: July 2017

Grow Your Own

July 31, 2017by Claire 10 Comments

Recognise the deckchairs and the out of control veggies? I have published 5 books (yes, yes number 6 will definitely get finished before its final, hard and fast, no-more-excuses deadline […]

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gardening

Green Bean and Pea Salad

July 30, 2017by Claire 2 Comments

I haven’t blogged for a while because I have been too exhausted and things here at the campsite and smallholding have been keeping me busy as well as the whole […]

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Veggies

July 21, 2017by Claire 2 Comments

Another day, another 5 hours spent sitting in Frankfurt Airport. I should have been home by now, walking my dogs and picking carrots in the polytunnel of dreams, but I’m […]

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gardening

Food Forest

July 19, 2017by Claire 13 Comments

The polytunnel of dreams is a food forest. This is a polite way of saying that it is a completely overgrown mess, but a somewhat edible mess. I did a […]

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gardening

Black Currant Ice Cream

July 18, 2017by Claire 2 Comments

I’m on my way to Nuremberg to give a talk at a conference on the Reformation. I’m talking about Ottoman imaginations of the religious schism between Protestant and Catholics in […]

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My other life, recipes

Swim Adventure

July 15, 2017by Claire 2 Comments

There wasn’t really time to take photos on the swim adventure so here is a postcard instead. Our swim was from Durdle Door beach and under the arch (top right). […]

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Holidays, wild swimming

Snake in the Grass

July 14, 2017by Claire 6 Comments

My peaches in the poly tunnel of dreams are pretty much ready. I had my first one yesterday. But why, I hear you ask, are you eating it by the […]

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