The Garden Smallholder
		Blog Details Author: Karen Location: Bedfordshire UK Attempting to live the good life in a small rural village in Bedfordshire,UK growing our own veg and keeping chickens. Median Rating: 5 Rate This Garden Blog: 5 - Perfect 4 - Good 3 - Average 2 - Mediocre 1 - Bad
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Sneak-a-Peek Recent excerpts from The Garden Smallholder. Another Sad Loss ? Rest In Peace Mrs N by Karen @ The Garden Smallholder 19 Jun 2010 at 4:07pm Yesterday I had to say goodbye to Mrs N, she was slowing down and becoming weak and our vet agreed she possibly had kidney failure. She had just over 2 years of freedom and I know I should be satis... Harvesting Mangetout by Karen @ The Garden Smallholder 11 Jun 2010 at 8:13am I have been harvesting the mangetout recently, a few pods at a time at first but now a good picking session is needed to keep up with them. I love the sweet taste of mangetout. The support frame is... Our Very First Baby Pears by Karen @ The Garden Smallholder 2 Jun 2010 at 10:15am I’m so excited! Our new William’s Bon Chretien pear tree has baby pears, aren’t they amazing? You can really see the shape formation already. I adore pears and cannot wait to sample our very own ho...

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