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Sunshine , Showers and Plenty

The Big Garden and Croft Posted on 01/08/2020 by Jonathan and Denise08/01/2021 2
An Gàrradh Mòr : View from the south gate

J > It’s August 1st, and with the best of summer behind us and autumn waiting in the wings, every manifestation of providence is something to be savoured, both metaphorically and literally.

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Birthday Flowers for Jonathan

The Big Garden and Croft Posted on 17/07/2020 by Jonathan and Denise19/07/2020 8
Birthday Flowers - Edna D Bridge - 1947

D > I found this on online, on an auction site.  It’s in oils, on canvas. The auction was on on J’s birthday, and I was the only bidder.  I thought he would like it because the artist is his great aunt, Edna Doris Bridge. Flowers on her birthday, for his!

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Will-power

The Big Garden and Croft Posted on 05/07/2020 by Jonathan and Denise06/07/2020 4
Ferry Lochboisdale - Oban : Ardnamurchan Lighthouse

J & D > The ferry left early in the morning, we were aboard as foot passengers. Due to the social distancing requirements, the capacity of the ferry was limited by the seating layout, rather than area of the vehicle deck, and with about 8 passengers in all the huge ferry was said to be pretty full! The others were truck drivers, and crofters taking cattle to the markets in Oban.

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Re-opening

The Big Garden and Croft Posted on 30/06/2020 by Jonathan and Denise08/01/2021 7
Outside-the-wall sign up for the open season. The Hebridean Woolshed, Isle of South Uist

J & D > As of yesterday, the 29th June, in Scotland, non-essential shops accessible directly from the street have been permitted to re-open. However, it’s on the 3rd of July – just three days away! – that restrictions on travel in Scotland will be lifted (including restrictions on the ferries) and completely self-contained self-catering holiday accommodation can re-open.

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Liquidation Installation

The Big Garden and Croft Posted on 16/06/2020 by Jonathan and Denise16/06/2020 3
The Big Garden : Redundant pots, washed and ready for selling on eBay

It could be a garden-related art installation : in which case the mass of plastic pots congesting the garden paths would be nicely symbolic of the massive accumulation of pots of various colours, shapes and sizes in the work-shed, upstairs in the storage loft. But if this is symbolic of anything, it’s of the need to liquidate assets in a time of crisis.

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The Final Cut : An Hebridean Hoggett Farewell

The Big Garden and Croft Posted on 02/06/2020 by Jonathan and Denise04/06/2020  
The Big Garden / An Garradh Mor : Last of our Hebridean Hoggett Lamb

A home-grown, home-made lunch that exemplifies our values, and one that’s profoundly satisfying ; though on this occasion there’s a special reason for posting that’s certainly not every day, but is a once-in-a-lifetime moment.

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Gooseberry Goodness

The Big Garden and Croft Posted on 29/05/2020 by Jonathan and Denise08/01/2021 7
The Big Garden : Home-grown, home-made gooseberry wine

D > Thanks to the coronavirus, we’ll not be selling any preserves this year, so no point in making them.  What to do with the fruit? Can you guess?

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Sourdough Sweepstake?

The Big Garden and Croft Posted on 27/05/2020 by Jonathan and Denise28/05/2020  
An Garradh Mor : Denise Sourdough Bread

J > It’s getting a little bit competitive!  Denise in the Outer Hebrides, and daughter Catherine in Navarra. Sourdough – made with yeasts harvested from the wild.

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Renewal – Greenhouse 4

The Big Garden and Croft Posted on 30/04/2020 by Jonathan and Denise08/01/2021  
The Big Garden : Greenhouse 4 with old exoskeleton removed before replacement with new timber. Denise watering tomatoes

D > Here’s me watering the tomatoes in Greenhouse 4.  Do you notice anything different? Clue : it isn’t the sunshine, or my shorts – though both are remarkable enough for April.  The timber ‘exoskeleton’ around Greenhouse 4 was 15 years old, and had deteriorated a lot in the last couple of years.  Rot had set in where timbers had been in contact, and moisture was trapped between them.

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Comfort Food

The Big Garden and Croft Posted on 29/03/2020 by Jonathan and Denise08/01/2021 3
Comfort Food : Fruit Cake

D > Isn’t the smell of home baking wonderful.  It stirs the soul, makes us remember our childhood, and fills the house with joy! Recently, I’ve found I’ve got more time for home baking.  No prizes for guessing the reason!

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We’re Falling Back …

The Big Garden and Croft Posted on 25/03/2020 by Jonathan and Denise08/01/2021 8
The Big Garden : Jerusalem Artichokes - Cleaned and chopped ready for making into soup

J & D > We’re falling back on our own resources, as the coronavirus crisis bears down on us. Thank heavens, that we own our own house outright, we’re without mortgage or other debt, and have good fertile garden soil and all the other the resources we need to grow much of our own food, and to live healthily and well!

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Coronavirus Lock-In?

The Big Garden and Croft Posted on 23/03/2020 by Jonathan and Denise24/03/2020 12
Isle of Barra - Tràigh Mhòr : Flight to Glasgow boarding

Until even a few days ago, we would never – we could never ! – have believed that anything like this could happen – other than in a Holywood disaster movie!  Yesterday, the Scottish Government announced that ferries to the Outer Hebrides will, until further notice, be limited to carrying only persons who are permanent residents of the islands, or key service workers !

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