Jenny TP

@jennytpgrows

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. Not adult enough for DMs here

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Jenny TP@jennytpgrows· Jul 12

I'll swap you...

Jenny TP@jennytpgrows· Jun 27

@waiterich.bsky.social - found these in the middle of Lidl (UK). Have never encountered them in the wild before, but couldn't not put them in my basket after your consistent cheerleading. Best recipes please and thank you. 🤓

2 brightly coloured tins of Old Bay Seasoning, one labelled 'hot' and the other 'lemon and herb', lying on a wooden chopping board.

Jenny TP@jennytpgrows· Jun 25

Only an hour and a bit before the storms get to you

Jenny TP@jennytpgrows· Jun 24

Made some multi grain rolls because baking is a very sensible thing to do in a heatwave.

A tray of 12 unevenly sized, floured bread rolls fresh out of the oven

Jenny TP@jennytpgrows· Jun 24

Misty-moisty morning. Swallows are so loud they're drowning out all the birds.

Jenny TP@jennytpgrows· Jun 23

Like mother, like daughter! Verity sent me this today

A black and tan Border Terrier standing in a stone water trough in a cattle field with her front paws on the edge of the trough. She's grinning like a loon with her big pink tongue hanging out. She's called Little Bean.

Jenny TP@jennytpgrows· Jun 15

Funky lighting in the Brasserie Grimbergen, Brussels.

3 types of sculptural carved paper lightshades in a a restaurant. All in orangey- bronze shades

Jenny TP@jennytpgrows· May 1

Post your warning sign

Blue warning sign on a post in the middle of a river. Sign says "Unsuitable for motor vehicles"

Jenny TP@jennytpgrows· May 1

From my bedroom window just now. I can hear House Sparrows too

A list of birds from the Merlin app: Blackbird; Great Tit; Wren; Criw; Wood Pigeon; Blue Tit; Song Thrush; Pheasant; Robin; Stock Dove

Jenny TP@jennytpgrows· Apr 19

I'm turning this into a potato patch... x

A polytunnel frame with the ground covered in brambles

Another views of a polytunnel frame with the ground covered by brambles

Jenny TP@jennytpgrows· Apr 17

First properly full physical days' work in months this week. Sawing, chopping and splitting logs from a huge Beech felled by Storm Goretti. Thanks to @nathannelson.co.uk for help yesterday. About 10t I reckon. More tomorrow...if I can still move. 🤣 🌱

Jenny TP@jennytpgrows· Apr 10

Tis! Not to be confused with Love-Lies-Bleeding.

Jenny TP@jennytpgrows· Apr 9

Another handsome looking man with no posts and following only women.

Jenny TP@jennytpgrows· Feb 23

Watching my spaniel's delight at playing fetch-the-ball in water

Jenny TP@jennytpgrows· Feb 15

Fridge raid. Leftover roast potatoes, chargrilled broccoli, stilton & cream sauce, steamed carrots & peas.

Carrot batons and peas in a steaming pan

Chargrilled broccoli, roast potatoes with stilton and cream sauce. Smells much nicer than it looks

Jenny TP@jennytpgrows· Feb 13

Same. 🙄

Jenny TP@jennytpgrows· Feb 1

New one following only women

Jenny TP@jennytpgrows· Jan 25

I use this from The Bean Book by Rose Elliott in a slow cooker

Jenny TP@jennytpgrows· Jan 12

@minafon.bsky.social your manor I think?

Jenny TP@jennytpgrows· Dec 29

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

Jenny TP@jennytpgrows· Dec 20

The spaniel and border terrier wanted to know when I was planning to take him back

Jenny TP@jennytpgrows· Dec 20

LOOK WHAT YOU MADE ME ALL DO!

Jenny TP@jennytpgrows· Dec 20

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

Jenny TP@jennytpgrows· Dec 20

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.

Jenny TP@jennytpgrows· Dec 6

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.

Jenny TP@jennytpgrows· Dec 5

View from my desk

Jenny TP@jennytpgrows· Nov 29

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. 💪

Jenny TP@jennytpgrows· Nov 25

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

Jenny TP@jennytpgrows· Nov 4

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

Jenny TP@jennytpgrows· Nov 4

Mum's reaction when I suggest we head outside for a pee.