Comments for Lia Leendertz

Comment on Allotment history film – Back to 1917 by lialeendertz

lialeendertz — Tue, 28 Oct 2014 11:12:50 +0000

Thank you! I will.

Comment on Allotment history film – Back to 1917 by lialeendertz

lialeendertz — Tue, 28 Oct 2014 11:12:30 +0000

Thanks Caro, yes absorbing is the word. It’s been an amazing process so far and I need to get back to digging around to find out more about the people I’ve come across. Your research sounds fascinating.

Comment on Allotment history film – Back to 1917 by Amy

Amy — Mon, 27 Oct 2014 23:52:33 +0000

Wonderful…keep going, so we can all learn the history of your allotment

Comment on Allotment history film – Back to 1917 by Caro

Caro — Sun, 26 Oct 2014 09:47:05 +0000

I love that you’re researching into the history of your plot and getting to know it better. I’ve done the same with the plot I garden between the flats here in N London, I found the social history that it ties into completely fascinating. I also love a good snoop in the archives – the moment when you discover something of relevance is so rewarding. When doing picture research for a book based in Bermondsey, where my gran’s family lived, I went way beyond my remit because it brought my family’s history alive. Utterly absorbing and brilliant. Looking forward to further revelations about your plot!

Comment on Two-day-old fridge berries jam by pianolearner

pianolearner — Wed, 02 Jul 2014 16:48:03 +0000

Be careful what you say, you nearly ended up with one of our blackcurrant gins….

Comment on Two-day-old fridge berries jam by lialeendertz

lialeendertz — Wed, 02 Jul 2014 09:52:58 +0000

I think sticking them all in gin has to be the way forward, doesnt it? Christmas presents ahoy. Im even thinking of gooseberry gin…who knows? And come the berry-requiring apocalypse we can just fish them out.

Comment on Two-day-old fridge berries jam by pianolearner

pianolearner — Wed, 02 Jul 2014 09:40:50 +0000

We are awash with berries at the moment too, there’s only so many I can have with my cornflakes/yoghurt/supper/lunch/tea. Our Tayberry produced 1 berry in it’s first year (which we split in half), nowadays it has literally hundreds of the things on them. The strawbs have had their best year ever and now the blackcurrants and goosberries have ripened we are officially drowning under fruit. We still have a bottle and half of last years blackcurrant gin in the larder so I’m not sure what we are going to do with this years lot. I think wellywoman is freezing them for some as yet unanticipated emergency that will require shed loads of red fruit.
And all this is before the 7 metres of rasps start fruiting .Arrgh!

#firstworldproblems

Comment on Two-day-old fridge berries jam by pianolearner

pianolearner — Wed, 02 Jul 2014 09:28:47 +0000

Protein Ms. Sock, Protein.

Comment on Two-day-old fridge berries jam by lialeendertz

lialeendertz — Wed, 02 Jul 2014 09:03:21 +0000

I think the sugar draws the juices out so the fruit holds together better when boiled? So yours are going to be admirably solid.

Comment on Two-day-old fridge berries jam by lialeendertz

lialeendertz — Wed, 02 Jul 2014 09:01:44 +0000

That’s my girl! AND i did it all just so she would actually eat breakfast and be less stroppy…Thanks for saying nice things x