Courgette and Ginger Jam

Got fed up with kicking a 3kg marrow around the kitchen so found a recipe for some jam.

Tastes very good indeed. The ginger was grated from a fresh root and certainly adds a kick. According to the recipe the flavours intensifies the longer it is stored. Will try and remember to bring some the UK later in the year.

Another Frog

Planted up some hyacinth bulbs for christmas but when I went to water them the spout of the watering can was blocked. Normally I push a stick through to clear the blockage but could not do so this time.
Click on the white triangle and the video should play. If you click on the little open box to the bottom left of the video it will open in full screen but it is a bit out of focus.

By banging the watering can on the ground he eventually slipped back down the spout so I could get him out.


This one was quite a bit larger than the ones we found on the sunflower and on my head. Still not big enough to eat though.

We have not seen them in the garden at all before so surprising that we have seen 3 in such a short space of time.