Archive - Life in The Making

On doing anything...but not everything.

A note from the pickle patch (that isn’t being planted this year)

Jun 2 •

May 2025

The View From the Learning Curve

plus the best potato salad in the history of potato salad.

May 2 •

April 2025

That Smell? It's Me.

Apr 22 •

I Make Pickles Now

And other things I never thought I would say...

Apr 1 •

July 2024

A Health + Safety Announcement

A milestone worth noting

Jul 29, 2024 •

May 2024

The World's Worst Lawnmowers

but I keep them around any way.

May 30, 2024 •

The Season of Hurry Up and Wait

A sort of update as to where we've been.

May 22, 2024 •

December 2023

Not Our First Goat Rodeo

Progress isn't always linear

Dec 1, 2023 •

November 2023

Taking the Long Way Round

Twenty two years ago last night I was sitting in an Italian restaurant in Putney, London with Kevin’s family and my mom eating Banoffee Pie.

Nov 17, 2023 •

October 2023

Parkinson's Law of Autumn

or, the amount of produce available grows to fill the space available to process it

Oct 20, 2023 •

August 2023

A blink and you miss it type of summer

Plus upcoming events, pizza based garden planning and swallow poo - what more do you need in a newsletter?

Aug 31, 2023 •

July 2023

Dolly Parton in the Kitchen

And other tales from today

Jul 20, 2023 •

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