🗁Added 7 photos to album Homemade food.
Many things with foraged oyster mushrooms this week, including a stir fry and tempura.
Posts between 2022/07 and 2022/08 (36 out of 37)
- Did some procrastawork on sloph.
- Had an oyster mushroom emergency.
- Walked from Berwick to Eyemouth.
- Made rose, coconut and almond cake, raspberry ruffles and chocolate muffins at Community Kitchen and mushroom tempura at home.
- Enjoyed the Greener Kirkcaldy volunteer social in Ravenscraig Walled Garden.
- Harvesting and flowering is beginning in earnest.
- Went to Edinburgh to dogsit Tara for a week.
- Read The Song of Achilles.
- Most of the batch of oyster mushrooms we bottled went bad :(
- Ate loads of good stuff in Edinburgh and had nice walkies.
- Made a squishy rose cake, and visited J and F in Falkirk.
- Picked up Many Voices One Song and felt very productive for Co-op governance stuff.
- Max and R came to visit, and we went on long walks up Arthur's Seat and to Blackford Hill.
- Returned to Dysart. The garden survived my absence.
- Continued to be inspired by Many Voices One Song and bought my own copy. Spent most of the week reading that, whilst doing other Co-op governance and admin related things.
- Caught up on garden work.
- Made a ton of food for the Howard Place Picnic. Not very many people turned up, but I did meet a few new neighbours, and am grateful for the ones I already know for making an effort to stop by or help. It didn't rain, and Max made lots of new friends.
- An evening mushroom emergency in the oyster woods.
- S came to visit, so I had the week off work. A day in Edinburgh.
- A local walk with Max.
- Made many courgette cakes (which I somehow failed to photograph) at Community Kitchen, then cake in Burntisland and a walk to Aberdour.
- A boat trip to Inchcholm Island.
- Got a bigger fridge from Furniture plus. Had to disassemble the kitchen cabinet to fit it, then fill and paint the unfinished wall behind, but so much better. Freegled the smaller one.
- Fancy dinner at Koku Shi, and many beach sunrises.
- A long walk to Buckhaven and back.
- And made lots of tasty food.
- Then the train down to London. Watched Space Camp which was great.
- London for TAG meeting, and dinner with timbl. Productive week, and marginally less awful time in London than usual.
- Enjoyed Kirkcaldy Friday market, featuring Kama Vegan Bakes (who I told about the KDY market when I saw them at the Scottish Vegan Festival) and lunch at the newly opened Kangus!
- Went on a long mushroom walk not far from home but didn't come back with much.
- Got chanterelles, but failed to put them on pizza.
- Good harvests.
- Went on a rock trunting hip to a new agate spot.
🗁Added 100 photos to album Berwick to Eyemouth.
A long walk from Berwick-upon-Tweed to Eyemouth, along the coast, with some of my Co-op colleagues. The weather was alternately gloriously warm, and torrentially wet. We saw some tucked away coastal villages, wonderful cliffs and bays, and a ruined wee castle. Chips in Eyemouth were well deserved.
🗁Added 9 photos to album Stuff I grow.
Nasturtiums, pansies and daisies are flowering. Ladybirds in the polytunnel seem to be finally getting the aphids under control. Dwarf purple french beans and strawberries are abundant; raspberries are starting.
🗁Added 7 photos to album Fife 2022.
Plants in the polytunnel at the Greener Kirkcaldy gardens in Ravenscraig. Local history exhibition in Dysart.
🗁Added 11 photos to album Foraging 2022.
A little visitation to the chanterelle woods, but not much out.
Week in review: 27th June - 3rd July
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🗁Added 3 photos to album Homemade food.
Mostly ate out in Edinburgh this week, but did find time to use old veg and a foraged field mushroom for a stir fry, and to make a rose water cake for J&F.
🗁Added 38 photos to album Edinbrah, July 2022.
Staying in Edinburgh under Tara's supervision. Such a fluffy little mischief. We had walkies around the Meadows and the Union Canal, and she accompanied me to Vitality & Kynd on multiple occasions. Made herself quite at home there. She's also good at yoga assistance. She likes to chase the ball by throwing herself into the air as high as possible in the vague vicinity of it, and then searching frantically after both she and it have landed.
Pizza photographed is from Sora Lella. Mushroom photgraphed is extremely early agaricus near the Meadows. Dinner at the newly opened Sen Viet Vegan, which was not Tara-friendly.. but was very tasty.
🗁Added 17 photos to album Edinbrah, July 2022.
Max came to visit Tara and I in Edinburgh. Look at them being little tourists. We hung out in Princes St Gardens, had lunch from Sen Viet Vegan on the Meadows, and a fancy dinner at Sora Lella (the staff there said, of Max and Tara: "omg this is so good for my mental health" and "made my day"). Tara's ball chasing enthusiasm has increased tenfold in Max's presence.
🗁Added 53 photos to album Edinbrah, July 2022.
We walked all day. It was hot. But Tara and Max are powered by sunshine and the idea of the ball. We crossed Edinburgh and had brunch at Beetroot Sauvage. The continued on to climb Arthur's Seat, and wander around Holyrood Park. Made it to the Auld Hoose for giant nachos (which have not changed in size or quality since last I had them years ago, but have doubled in price).
🗁Added 37 photos to album Edinbrah, July 2022.
Another day of walking with Tara and Max. Breakfast at Vitality & Kynd, then a lovely wander through the woods around Blackford Hill. Tara, after initial hesitation, discovered a love of fetching the ball from the stream. To the point that if we weren't throwing it for her, she'd drop it off the edge herself then run off to find a way to get it back. She went from barely wanting to dip her toes, to absolutely fearless by the end of the day. Max's example helped. They both got muddy. We found ourselves later at ConsiderIt for doughnut ice cream sandwiches. Then had wraps from the African Wrap Place - as a throwback to my PhD years - which have not declined in quality, size, or value.
Week in review: 4th - 10th July
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🗁Added 7 photos to album Stuff I grow.
Nasturtiums are going large. Cucumbers emerging. Footpath garden generally looking great.
🗁Added 24 photos to album Fife 2022.
Edinburgh is nice, but nothing compares to the sunrise from Dysart.
Remember that giant picture of Seafield Tower I saw back in like January on the market?? Methuselah's was finally open again so I went in and he still had it AND knocked £15 off the price. Super.
🗁Added 11 photos to album Stuff I grow.
Caught up on garden work. Harvested many things, including but not limited to: tomatoes, potatoes, chillis. Protected brasscas from the butterfly threat. Courgette apocalypse may soon be upon us.
🗁Added 23 photos to album Fife 2022.
Walkies and time in the garden.
🗁Added 9 photos to album Homemade food.
Made an absolute village worth of food for the Howard Place Picnic, though most of it didn't get eaten. Waded through glorious salads for a week, and froze what leftovers I couldn't give away. The vegan quiches were a surprise hit though. The raspberry chocolate muffins were an un-surprising hit.
🗁Added 23 photos to album Foraging 2022.
An evening trip to the oyster woods - mushroom emergency! Huge flushes, in great condition, nice and clean too. A late night after bottling most of them.
Week in review: 11th - 17th July
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🗁Added 9 photos to album Edinbrah, July 2022.
Went to Edinburgh to pick S up after slightly disastrous travel complications. It was a glorious hot day. We had breakfast at BBL, wandered around Holyrood Park, picked up Tara for a walk in the Meadows and lunch at Vitality & Kynd.
🗁Added 32 photos to album Fife 2022.
Walkies and a swim with Max towards West Wemyss. An evening wander through Ravenscraig Park.
🗁Added 6 photos to album Fife 2022.
After Community Kitchen I hopped on the train to Burntisland to meet S, and we had cake at the Roasting Project (everywhere for lunch was closed, alas). Then had the bright idea to continue walking to Aberdour, arriving just in time for Dave to finish work and bring us home.
🗁Added 4 photos to album Homemade food.
Tempura mushrooms. Excellent homemade pizza (with an overnight rise dough, super cooperative)!
🗁Added 87 photos to album Fife 2022.
Nice nacho lunch at Roots & Seeds. Then the train to Dalmeny to catch a boat to Inchcolm Island. Half of the island was closed due to our seagull overlords, and we had to arm ourselves with sticks to visit other parts. But it was a nice trip and plenty to explore.
🗁Added 3 photos to album Doing-it-meself.
Removed an inbuilt kitchen cupboard to fit a bigger fridge freezer. Polyfilled the holes, sanded and sealed the unfinished wall behind, and painted it. Then covered it all up with the new fridge, of course.
🗁Added 12 photos to album Fife 2022.
Too much tasty food at Koku Shi.
🗁Added 26 photos to album Fife 2022.
Walked to Buckhaven and back. Saw again the rocks that inspired my hallway paint colour. Met a polydactyl cat (cousin of Maud!) in East Wemyss. Classic East Wemyss chips and curry and ice cream.
🗁Added 4 photos to album Fife 2022.
Sunrise.
Week in review: 18th - 24th July
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🗁Added 35 photos to album London, July 2022.
Some days in London for the TAG face-to-face. Great food at Mildred's, Temple of Seitan, Luminary Bakery.
🗁Added 9 photos to album Fife 2022.
A relief to be back in Fife. Kangus has reopened! Promptly went for lunch.
🗁Added 9 photos to album Stuff I grow.
After most of the week in London, it was nice to get back to the garden(s). Stocked up on mega UFO squash, courgettes, tomatoes, chillis, potatoes, three kinds of beans and various lettuce.
First cornflowers bloomed in the footpath garden. I grow edible flowers on purpose, but because I want the path to look pretty I never end up picking them to eat.
🗁Added 16 photos to album Fife 2022.
Checking the woods for mushrooms. Taught Max to pick wild raspberries himself. Slurp slurp chomp.
🗁Added 25 photos to album Foraging 2022.
Walked about 12 miles for a mere handful of chanterelles. Visited the dryad fountain, but was too late for the latest huge flush. Found a few charcoal burners in reasonable condition. And a old tragic yellow cracked bolete, anticipating a good summer for boletes? We can hope..
🗁Added 20 photos to album Fife 2022.
At the Old Barn in Auchtermuchty, astonished to find a full lunch menu now that is very vegan friendly! Went rock hunting and found many excellent agates and some amethyst.
Week in review: 25th - 31st July
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