tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post2973210040407740492..comments2024-03-23T12:38:46.260+00:00Comments on The History Girls: Procrastination and Hedgerow Jelly by Janie HamptonMary Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-414108133029152442015-07-27T19:09:07.175+01:002015-07-27T19:09:07.175+01:00Those rich colours with the sun shining through th...Those rich colours with the sun shining through the jellies - gorgeous!Joan Lennonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15763862159032836768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-43294273596441546972015-07-27T11:56:52.585+01:002015-07-27T11:56:52.585+01:00I'm afraid my garden consists of a few pots of...I'm afraid my garden consists of a few pots of jade plants on the balcony, though once in a while I manage to get a few - a VERY few - daffodils to grow in the window box. But procrastination that helps with the writing, why not?<br /><br />By the way, if you'd like to see how people made do and handled rationing during the war years in Australia, the National Library of Australia website has a collection of Australian Women's Weeklies from 1933 to 1980. You can download them in PDF format - I have some on my cyber bookshelves and they're amazing, whether it's the ads for all sorts of products long gone, articles about housework, pictures of glamorous movie stars, fiction or recipes for vegetarian meals which make the most of what you can buy with your ration book. <br /><br />And one post-War cover has Stalin on it! Very intriguing! i wonder how many housewives' hearts fluttered looking at the handsome Soviet leader...Sue Bursztynskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09362273418897882971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-22722593388763423742015-07-27T09:56:15.012+01:002015-07-27T09:56:15.012+01:00DE-LISCIOUS in every way, from procrastination thr...DE-LISCIOUS in every way, from procrastination through the tasks of gardening in a wondrous plot (not literary) to the extremely wonderful Jelly!!! Bless your heart.Ms.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09479767121319709878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-52566095475152131482015-07-27T09:50:53.738+01:002015-07-27T09:50:53.738+01:00You have whet my appetite... You have whet my appetite... Clare Mulleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11592100764046914574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-47588866697677538972015-07-27T09:49:19.153+01:002015-07-27T09:49:19.153+01:00My garden borders a field with a narrow soil path ...My garden borders a field with a narrow soil path 'back alley' between our garden hedgerow one side and the farmer's bank of wild hedgerow the other- so a perfect picking ground! I shall certainly try out your recipe while my thoughts meander!Elizabeth Chadwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16911841862257909703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-1813451694980008442015-07-27T08:48:27.833+01:002015-07-27T08:48:27.833+01:00Lovely! What useful advice. Must certainly follow ...Lovely! What useful advice. Must certainly follow it...Sue Purkisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09084528571944803477noreply@blogger.com