And your devotion may well be rewarded! This is what we now get in our hand weeded drive 
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Gosh, whatâs that, at the risk of sounding stupid 
A delicious morel mushroom 
I get them very occasionally on my terrace.
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Yesterdayâs Cheerful News⊠received a large bunch of sweet-smelling muguet plus some freshly-laid eggs ⊠
(just in time for the Spanish Orange cake I was thinking of baking, which takes 6 eggs⊠hurrah)
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We made it home safely on Sunday, and have a much better idea of what needs doing and in which order. Really happy to have made friends with both locals and other 2nd homers in the village.
Back to work today, but now we can start turning plans into action.
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My vine here in Oxfordshire has just started to produce leaves in the last week, the buds being tightly shut during the frosts a couple of weeks back. It did produce just a few small grapes last year, but only a single bunch IIRC.
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Finally, been to the local market today and came away with plants to grow tomatoes, courgettes, aubergines, different varieties of lettuce, cucumbers and butternut squash - will get planted this afternoon, then let the party commence 
very much looking forward to seeing how all this develops - feel a bit like Tom and Barbara from âThe Good Lifeâ 
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Great easy to grow selection!
I think I can almost taste those freshly grown vegetables now yes, the selection was based on the easiest to grow alternatives, until the expertise grows 
certainly love learning by doing
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I only planted my fruit trees last year, but today noticed what look like the start of cherries on the cherry tree! In fact I shouldnât really be calling them trees, more saplings. So if these are the start of cherries, Iâm absolutely thrilled
And just had to post this as the colour was so rich and marvellous
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Keep an eye on the amount of fruit on your saplings. Itâs lovely to see the fruit but also better for the tree if it is putting energy into growing. If thereâs a lot, remove most fruit, leave just a few to try. The first year we had our apricot saplings one went crazy. I removed 200 small fruit and we still had loads.
Gorgeous rose. 
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Good advice - appreciated, as very much a novice
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We are thankful for our friends here in Trivy. I cannnot drive at the moment and one friend is driving Jim to Macon for his colonoscopy on Tuesday and another will bring him back in the evening.
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Todayâs âcheerful newsâ⊠my Spanish Orange Cake was very well received by our pals⊠so well that OH nearly wept when he saw how little was left for us⊠
(I have promised to make another asap⊠I have the oranges but not enough ground almonds so a shopping trip is being hastily planned for tomorrow.)
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Really strange, as I have alot of iris planted last year, but only a few have flowered, but the ones that have are absolutely beautiful 
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Todayâs 2 x lots of really âcheerful newsââŠ
(1) there are 3 oranges gently simmering, the house smells wonderful and tomorrow Iâll be making another Orange Cake
(2) Ground Almonds 125g on special offer this morning, so I bought 8 packets⊠enough for 10 cakes⊠hurrah.
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We could celebrate with cake because Jim does not have to have another colonoscopy for another three years. Wonderful!
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