Goosegogs
When I was growing up we lived in a ground floor flat, and the elderly lady who owned it lived above us. She was a dear old thing, a widow, and she kindly let our family use the whole of the garden;...
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I can hardly wait for my gooseberries to be ripe – which sounds like a line from ‘The Two Ronnies’ – gooseberry crumble has been requested, but looking in Mrs Beeton, I also find recipes for gooseberry...
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Gooseberry fool… so delicious… and yet all it is is custard with gooseberry purée folded into it. It’s best with home-made custard of course, but actually any custard is pretty good. Gooseberries are...
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A couple of days ago I wrote about picnics; I love picnics but my family aren’t so keen so maybe i should just pack one up and set off on my own and go off and solo-picnic! that sounds a great idea!...
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We have a very prickly gooseberry bush… it’s so prickly we have rather abandoned it and as a result, probably, it never has much fruit. This autumn I will prune it back and find out what nourishment it...
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