NEWS – 17 April, and gardening, and stuff!

M&S have made a blunder in putting 1000 hives on 25 farms with 30 million bees. Conservationalists have correctly pointed out that there not enough flowers for for resident bees as it is. They would have been better off planting flowers for wildlife instead.

My wildness garden is doing OK. The white bush by the front door is attracting lots of hover flies when the sun comes out. Troughs ready for sunflowers and night scented stock and Californian poppies and one for tarragon and basil are ready and waiting for weather to warm up a bit.

I have still not got around to sorting out the pineapple. I think a syrup of rum, lemon juice and brown sugar and marinating the pineapple in it for a while. maybe an oranges juice as I have a couple that heed eating. I am also thinking ginger and maybe vanilla. This could all be heated (which would destroy some of the alcohol (I think), and then

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