Monday, August 08, 2011

Nip, wheel and courgettes.

1. To nip a sideshoot off my tomato plant.

2. To let Nick have a go with the pushchair -- even though I have to share, I love having him home at the weekend.

3. I fry Joe's sunshine yellow courgettes with slices of lemon until they are sour-sweet and sticky.
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Spider work, salts and bickering.

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