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Jenny TP
@jennytpgrows.bsky.social
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Head Gardener, Lecturer UEBS, proud director of Tamar Grow Local CIC, food systems research, food justice, horticulture, dogs, cats, politics & stuff. Member of RHS Learning & Engagement Group
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New one following only women
February 1, 2026 at 11:03 AM
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I use this from The Bean Book by Rose Elliott in a slow cooker
January 25, 2026 at 7:12 AM
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@minafon.bsky.social your manor I think?
January 12, 2026 at 6:32 PM
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Making soup and enjoying a bit of calm from these 3.

Which idiot persuaded me to take on a third dog?*

*Idiot was me.

I hope you and Chris had a lovely Christmas. X
Small wheaten coloured terrier FINALLY having a bit of a snooze on a dark brown leather sofa Black & white spaniel and black and tan Border Terrier snoozing on a white and blue polka dot quilt on a sofa bed in a sitting room that lools like ot's been trashed by 3 gorillas. They're enjoying a break from the madness of the new terrier pup who has all the energy of a Duracell bunny
December 29, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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The spaniel and border terrier wanted to know when I was planning to take him back
December 20, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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LOOK WHAT YOU MADE ME ALL DO!
December 20, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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I already have a mainly white spaniel and a Border terrier, so the hoovering is already a daily chore...

I mean, LOOK AT HIS LITTLE FACE!
A small, shaggy wheaten coloured terrier in a dog crate with a red toy, looking down and to the left with a very cute expression
December 20, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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I need sensible reasons not to bring this little one home...
A wheaten coloured young terrier with his tongue out in the arms of a middlr-aged woman with brown hair and a purple jumper.
December 20, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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The rain gods hath spoken. But hey, only 80% chance today instead of yesterday's 95%...
Weather chart showing 80% chance of more torrential rain for West Devon today. We just can't get enough of the stuff.
December 6, 2025 at 3:43 AM
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View from my desk
December 5, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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A productive day. Finished painting the new sitting room. Got 2 sofas downstairs, 2 heavy Victorian wardrobes & bedframe upstairs by myself. Discovered wool mattress is damp & weighs more than I can manage to lift upstairs but now drying by radiator.
Fire is lit. Bed is made. Wine is poured. 💪
Logs burning in a Victorian fireplace
November 29, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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What better company to have on a 3.5 hour train journey than @jonathancoe.bsky.social ?
Fellow passengers keep giving me the side-eye as I periodically splutter with laughter
The front cover of Jonathan Coe's 'The Proof of my Innocence. A green cover showing a man in a black suit and tie with red flames in place of his head
November 25, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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I'm not seeing nearly enough dogs here, nor hearing enough about canine antics/misdemeanours/heroic achievements.

I give you Bowie the Sprocker looking remorseful after shredding a toy on newly hoovered carpet, & Little Bean watching from the sofa like butter wouldn't melt.

#Dogs #DogsofBlueSky
Mostly white Sprocker Spaniel with black head looking contrite after shredding a toy over a recently hoovered carpet Black and tan Border Terrier looking down in despair from a cream & black chequered sofa cushion at the carnage wreaked on the newly cleaned carpet by her Spaniel companion
November 4, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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Mum's reaction when I suggest we head outside for a pee.
November 4, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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Random weirdo following only women 🙄
October 27, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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Lovely! This is my Bowie
A mainly white Sprocker Spaniel with long black ears, big pink tongue out, sitting on a lawn and beseeching me to throw a turquoise ball for him
September 24, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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Can confirm. I bought some about 20 mins ago. And some gorgonzola that was spooned into a pot rather than cut.😋😋😋
September 8, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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Apple & 3 ginger chutney on the go. 😋
A maslin pan full of several varieties of apple, onions, sugar, pickling spices, cider vinegar, sultanas, ground ginger & grated fresh ginger bubbling on the hob.
August 31, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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Aaand here we are. 8 jars from 1kg onions, 2.5kg mixed apples
Kilner strawberry jars full of apple chutney
August 30, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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Nearly there... smells lush 😋
A maslin pan half full of almost ready apple chutney. It's looking browner now and more mushy, with a few solid chunks of apple still visible.
August 30, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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Windfall chutney on the go
A stainless steel Muslin pan full of chopped windfall apples of all colours, onions, sultanas,simmering on the hob. A big wooden spoon is resting in the pan
August 30, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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Autumn is here. The proper spiders are coming in now. 🕷🍂
A big brown spider in my kitchen sink
August 27, 2025 at 7:13 AM
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Marrow chutney underway @markde.bsky.social . Smells delicious 😋
A stainless steel pan full of chutney ingredients bubbling away on the stove
August 24, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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I've more than a dozen books on preserving & pickling, but this one that was my mother's is the one I keep coming back to.
#Food #Pickling #FoodPreservation
The front cover of a recipe book for preserves & pickles by Marguerite Patten from the 1960s
August 23, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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And about 90 mins from feeding ...
Killer jar half full of a bubbling sourdough starter that's increased in volume by about 30% in about an hour and a half
August 10, 2025 at 9:36 PM