I love spending time in my garden, mostly sitting reading or crocheting. I usually talk about food, books, Sheffield, making things, life in general.https://bsky.app/profile/helenintgarden.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/helenintgarden.bsky.social/post/3mm5nm72nlk2oIve just seen the @cprecountryside.bsky.social #RHSChelsea garden... that's going to be relocated to #Sheffield... What an amazing garden... I can't wait to go and see it in it's new home...18 May 2026 19:51 +0000at://did:plc:cnqmntdsrjcr5zrmtuz2gdev/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm5nm72nlk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/helenintgarden.bsky.social/post/3mm5l37a3fs2sFinally getting round to something I promised over a month ago... Tonight I dug up some Babbington leeks... and raspberry canes... for @crikeys.bsky.social... cut them down... and found suitable packaging in the blue bin... the box has ended up bigger than I expected...18 May 2026 19:06 +0000at://did:plc:cnqmntdsrjcr5zrmtuz2gdev/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm5l37a3fs2shttps://bsky.app/profile/helenintgarden.bsky.social/post/3mm5fradtfc2aThe #SheffPeregrines are having pigeon for tea tonight... The chicks are getting more active now... it won't be long until they lose their downy feathers... and start learning to fly... peregrine.sites.sheffield.ac.uk18 May 2026 17:31 +0000at://did:plc:cnqmntdsrjcr5zrmtuz2gdev/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm5fradtfc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/helenintgarden.bsky.social/post/3mm4xdcuaa22hIt's almost warm today... and the sun is shining... so I've taken the opportunity... to sit on the bench in the front garden... to read my book for a while...🌞🏡📚18 May 2026 13:13 +0000at://did:plc:cnqmntdsrjcr5zrmtuz2gdev/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm4xdcuaa22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/helenintgarden.bsky.social/post/3mm45wohq5222The #SheffPeregrines keep sheltering in the corner of the box now... away from the camera... but I managed to catch sight of them yesterday... growing up fast now... starting to lose their downy white feathers... and flap their wings... peregrine.sites.sheffield.ac.uk18 May 2026 05:38 +0000at://did:plc:cnqmntdsrjcr5zrmtuz2gdev/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm45wohq5222https://bsky.app/profile/helenintgarden.bsky.social/post/3mm2piyzbts2fI'm really enjoying #TraitorsIndia... but I haven't learned everyone's names yet... and I am struggling to remember who the traitors are... hopefully as people leave... I will get better with remembering who's who... I'm only on episode 3... and there are still a lot of people...17 May 2026 15:47 +0000at://did:plc:cnqmntdsrjcr5zrmtuz2gdev/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm2piyzbts2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/helenintgarden.bsky.social/post/3mlzylb6vys26I'm slightly in shock... I had to get up early... because we're having our pointing done today... and I forgot to ask what time they were coming... and instead of spending an hour paralysed with waiting... I went and did #10MinutesInTheGarden... potting up the greenhouse...17 May 2026 08:57 +0000at://did:plc:cnqmntdsrjcr5zrmtuz2gdev/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlzylb6vys26https://bsky.app/profile/helenintgarden.bsky.social/post/3mlykwzcvbk2mI didn't fancy going for a walk in the rain... so I decided to give the house a treat... and put the stripes back in the carpet... It's so relaxing... sitting on the sofa... without crumbs & fluff all over the carpet... https://static.klipy.com/ii/4e7bea9f7a3371424e6c16ebc93252fe/47/7b/OWMNpWeaue7Q4.gif?hh=498&ww=498&mp4=Wc9KgEOcOTNtAdVdX&webm=gLQzJa8j1xm124g9kqZ16 May 2026 19:20 +0000at://did:plc:cnqmntdsrjcr5zrmtuz2gdev/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlykwzcvbk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/helenintgarden.bsky.social/post/3mlxyk7xih227I was hoping to get the greenhouse planted up... but I've run out of steam... after filling the 9 pots with compost... & tightening up the garden table... so I'll have to save the nice bit of the job for another day's #10MinutesInTheGarden... I wish I had worn gloves & avoided gardener's manicure...16 May 2026 13:51 +0000at://did:plc:cnqmntdsrjcr5zrmtuz2gdev/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlxyk7xih227https://bsky.app/profile/helenintgarden.bsky.social/post/3mlxkahmm2k2lMy full result: I've read 30 out of 100 on the list... I'm quite impressed by that... How many have you read? www.theguardian.com/p/x4f9v5 [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 May 2026 09:35 +0000at://did:plc:cnqmntdsrjcr5zrmtuz2gdev/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlxkahmm2k2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/helenintgarden.bsky.social/post/3mlvfmlcaf224I seem to have totally forgotten about #OpenUpSheffield... because I didn't see anyone posting about it... so I've just followed someone... who posted about it quite a bit... in the hope that it doesn't totally pass us by next year...15 May 2026 13:07 +0000at://did:plc:cnqmntdsrjcr5zrmtuz2gdev/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlvfmlcaf224https://bsky.app/profile/helenintgarden.bsky.social/post/3mlvfdzyacs24Every week on the way to my choir... I walk past the new #DutchRoundabout in Sheffield... as a pedestrian I absolutely love it... the power to stop cars and bikes... and just keep walking... because pedestrians have right of way...15 May 2026 13:02 +0000at://did:plc:cnqmntdsrjcr5zrmtuz2gdev/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlvfdzyacs24https://bsky.app/profile/helenintgarden.bsky.social/post/3mluuwvxjxc25https://britainsfavouritebutterfly.co.uk/butterfly/orange-tip/ Vote for your favourite butterfly with @savebutterflies.bsky.social... I voted for the orange tip... a tough choice... choosing just one...🦋15 May 2026 08:09 +0000at://did:plc:cnqmntdsrjcr5zrmtuz2gdev/app.bsky.feed.post/3mluuwvxjxc25https://bsky.app/profile/helenintgarden.bsky.social/post/3mltpl5oa622xThe end of #MAFSAU really got me... such a lovely tribute... my eyes are streaming...🖤14 May 2026 21:00 +0000at://did:plc:cnqmntdsrjcr5zrmtuz2gdev/app.bsky.feed.post/3mltpl5oa622xhttps://bsky.app/profile/helenintgarden.bsky.social/post/3mlt6pkbqkc2vI've read 13 out of 100 on the list (but numbers 1-40 aren't there yet). How many have you read? www.theguardian.com/p/x4f9v5 https://www.theguardian.com/p/x4f9v514 May 2026 15:58 +0000at://did:plc:cnqmntdsrjcr5zrmtuz2gdev/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlt6pkbqkc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/helenintgarden.bsky.social/post/3mlswsmyzsk2kThe plumber said that the price of copper piping has gone through the roof at the moment... They are usually £24 for a pack of 10... and now they are £33 each... £330 for 10... over a 1300% increase!...14 May 2026 13:37 +0000at://did:plc:cnqmntdsrjcr5zrmtuz2gdev/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlswsmyzsk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/helenintgarden.bsky.social/post/3mlsui3poqk2mThe spuds were amazing... meltingly delicious... probably my most special lunch of the year... and we've got strawberries for pudding... 🥔🍓😋 [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 May 2026 12:55 +0000at://did:plc:cnqmntdsrjcr5zrmtuz2gdev/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlsui3poqk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/helenintgarden.bsky.social/post/3mlsohpcsik2oI've got a big unplanned job for lunch... because they had bostons new potatoes in the shop... so I now need to go and scrub 40 new potatoes... 🥔 😋14 May 2026 11:07 +0000at://did:plc:cnqmntdsrjcr5zrmtuz2gdev/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlsohpcsik2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/helenintgarden.bsky.social/post/3mlskx6l77s24This morning is running away from me... but at least the plumber has been... and we now have a brand new radiator... fingers crossed we won't need to think about the heating for a while... because it will just get on with it's job...14 May 2026 10:04 +0000at://did:plc:cnqmntdsrjcr5zrmtuz2gdev/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlskx6l77s24https://bsky.app/profile/helenintgarden.bsky.social/post/3mlsfwtzwek24#ThreeThingsThursday #gratitude #TinyJoys 1) I really enjoyed the first proper session of my new choir 🎶 2) felafel from #Juicepresso on Campo Lane 😋 3) watching wonderful music performed in a fabulous space 🎹🎶 4) catching up with old friends and new 💬14 May 2026 08:35 +0000at://did:plc:cnqmntdsrjcr5zrmtuz2gdev/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlsfwtzwek24https://bsky.app/profile/helenintgarden.bsky.social/post/3mls5jwlezc2jI hadn't seen the #SheffPeregrines chicks for a while... because they've been sheltering in the wrong corner of the box... but I caught sight of 2 of them this morning... They are getting much more active now... & growing up fast... Watch them before they disappear... peregrine.sites.sheffield.ac.uk https://peregrine.sites.sheffield.ac.uk/14 May 2026 06:04 +0000at://did:plc:cnqmntdsrjcr5zrmtuz2gdev/app.bsky.feed.post/3mls5jwlezc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/helenintgarden.bsky.social/post/3mlr5qxtbps2xUpdate: I took some photos on my walk tonight... and submitted it as a question to @sheffcitycouncil.bsky.social rights of way team... I also emailed it to our 3 councillors, MP and the local team who wrote the local plan... Fingers crossed someone will advise about action that can be taken...💪 [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 May 2026 20:36 +0000at://did:plc:cnqmntdsrjcr5zrmtuz2gdev/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlr5qxtbps2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/helenintgarden.bsky.social/post/3mlque3rhtk2nI bought a bag of red pepper flakes in big Ozmen last week... hoping that they might be a bit like fancy paprika... they are amazing in roasted vegetables... I think they are going to be one of my essential cupboard ingredients... 😋🍴13 May 2026 17:47 +0000at://did:plc:cnqmntdsrjcr5zrmtuz2gdev/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlque3rhtk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/helenintgarden.bsky.social/post/3mlqsnmp4mc2tEvery time I pick this up... I think of @sparklyfellelf.bsky.social... and how much you would probably hate this pattern... it's a weird short rows thing... where you do 6 stitches... turn... do 16 stitches... turn... and repeat ad infinitum... 🧶 [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 May 2026 17:17 +0000at://did:plc:cnqmntdsrjcr5zrmtuz2gdev/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlqsnmp4mc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/helenintgarden.bsky.social/post/3mlqhrgv7ps2d#NowReading The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark... and what a joy it is to read this little book for my book group... although I must have seen the film a lot of times... because I keep seeing scenes from it... in my head as I read... 💙📚13 May 2026 14:02 +0000at://did:plc:cnqmntdsrjcr5zrmtuz2gdev/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlqhrgv7ps2d