Posted on Sun, Jan 03, 2010
Well, we made it. 2010 and another calander year is underway. Funny though because somehow I don't feel that the year is really over yet. I have finished putting the final touches to the seed order and deciding what are the must haves in the garden in terms of tools, machinery and things but there are still reminders that I am a while off my new year..
I'm living on campus now which is making life easier in many ways, mainly the walk in the morning and evenings is shorter to close the ducks in but also it takes me through the campus and helps me to think about what is happening around the college more. Before I used to pass through an old railway line and a couple of fields to get to the garden.
I started the new year with a crack, not me luckily but a few dead old trees that needed to come down, one of them was a Scotts Pine. It was the largest tree i've taken down and not the easiest to get to, but it came down safely and with a loud thud when it hit the ground. Most of them have been taken down now and I still need to finish clearing them up a little.
My new flat looks out onto the orchard at college, this is my next big project, usually done with the students and takes up to 2 months to finish, although it shouldn't take so long. I like to guide the students through the prunning so they can get a real understanding of how to work with such large apple trees and see a long and short term veiw of the pruning process.
It's one more week until college starts back and I'm eager to start supplying again to the kitchen, some plants have died off with the freeze we're having but others are doing very well and I hope that I can stock the cellar ready for the new term and cook.
Happy New Calander Year
Posted on Fri, Oct 16, 2009
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robert.tilsley@emerson.org.uk
Its a simple jam, just red currants, sugar and water, cooked down to a good consistancy, it's an ideal spread for toast and lovely with Camembert grilled with breadcumbs, or even on pancakes.
We are asking £2.50 for a 1lb jar and the shipping will be quoted when you place an order.