> …is in there somewhere….. Reminds me of the Frenchman who lost his beret in a cow paddock and tried on 4 before he found one that fit….. Happy Halloween
> petunia sunflower in an onion sugar beet patch. The original over here
> Now you see ’em. Now you don’t. Lydia Bugner has a bell-push next to her asparagus garage. It’s the “Asparagus bell” during the season. When the asparagus is finished,…
> …while Heiko contemplates his role as Hercules for the next 7 years, the rest of the team opened up the family courtyard for the Open Gardens thingie. They USED…
> For this year at least (New wine, grape juice, red and white grapes)
> ..it’s not. It’s a bird banger and pretty effective in keeping the birds away from the ripe grapes. See any birds in the picture? No? Appears to work, then…
> …on the other side of the field, this MONSTER is devouring sugarbeets. My father-in-law used to dig them out individually with a spade just after the war, and it’s…
> Ploughing’s a piece of cake these days. So says Mrs jb’s nephew Chris, who does that sort of stuff for a living and appears to be more than proficient…
> They must know something that I don’t…. Orage juice vines seem to be replacing grapes around here. I mean, I know it’s got Vitamin C and all that good…
> Well, there’s pruning. And then there’s PRUNING. With a capital “P” and writ large. These ones are on their way to the Great Vineyard in the Sky by the…
> You have strawberries and blackberries and raspberries. We have asparaberries. This is what happens when you let asparagus go to seed – I’m an expert at this, having first…
> Vineyards on the outskirts of the village
> Sugar beets waiting at the Sugar Beet Bus stop. From here they’ll be taken to a factory where they’ll be chopped up, soaked in water, squeezed semi-dry, dosed…
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