It’s been quite a good year for wildlife in our part of Chiswick. The neighbours on one side had nesting robins and goldfinches; on the other side, a blackbird’s nest in wisteria which could be seen from the French windows – it was delightful to watch the chicks growing up and then fledging. The female […]
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It’s 0929 and there’s a slight air of panic; the signposts for the entries, the class cards, aren’t complete. But Mike and Jill get things in place with seconds to spare – let the show begin. The door keepers to the show, Dave and John, combine into a Laughing Buddha, calm and smiling, smoothing the flow
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Ingredients: 5 pieces preserved stem ginger in syrup, chopped 2 tablespoons ginger syrup (from jar of stem ginger in syrup) 1 heaped teaspoon ground ginger 1 heaped teaspoon grated fresh root ginger 175g / 6oz butter 175g / 6oz golden caster sugar 3 large eggs 1 tablespoon molasses syrup (treacle) 225g / 8oz self-raising flour
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Ingredients: 225g / 8oz self-raising wholemeal flour 1 teaspoon mixed spice 125g / 4oz butter 125g / 4oz brown sugar 350g / 12oz apples, peeled, cored and thinly sliced 125g / 4oz currants 1 egg 2 tablespoons milk, or more Method: Preheat the oven to 150 C / 300 F / Gas Mark 2. Grease
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Gardeners have a love-hate relationship with rain. Too much and we can’t get out in to the garden, the soil is too wet to dig, some precious plants rot and, of course, it’s perfect weather for slugs and snails. Too little and there’s a risk of losing plants and watering is hard work. How can
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