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Tag Archives: farm
Pick your own…well if you insist but it seems a little impolite. A poem
‘Pick Your Own’…I’ve often wondered about that line When I see the announcement on a roadside sign. It seems somehow rude, like ‘shut-up’ or ‘bum’ But then my sons often say “you’re too sensitive mum”. But it does seem quite … Continue reading
Posted in Poems
Tagged currants, Dorset, farm, fresh fruit, Fruit, gooseberry, pick your own, raspberry, strawberry
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Pick Your Own strawberries aka gather ye rosebuds while ye may
The epitome of an English summer: the sound of leather on willow at Lords or perhaps the sproing of ball against racket at Wimbledon? There are many traditional and valued customs of our most talked about season, probably symbolising our determination to hold … Continue reading
Posted in Life's Like That
Tagged Andy Murray, cricket, farm, forager, Forde Abbey, Fruit, fruit farm, Lords, pick your own, PYO, strawberry, summer, tennis, Wimbledon
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Is it just strawberry picking or is there something more going on?
It’s June, its’ Wimbledon, it’s the strawberry season! What is it about a trip to the PYO farm that fills you with an innocent excitement of your childhood? The anticipation of being the first one to find the fattest juiciest … Continue reading
Posted in Life's Like That
Tagged choose, death, farm, life, philosophical, picking, strawberry, the meaning of life
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