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Good Omens. OFMD. Buffy. Veg Gardening. Crochet. Love jumping in puddles and stepping on crunchy leaves. Michael Sheen is my spirit animal. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
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Frosted dill umbels.
#VegetableGardening #HomeGrown #organic-gardening
Landscape orientation photo of frosted dried umbels of dill in the garden. Photo is taken in the winter, so the colours are washed out. The background shows a timber staggered board fence, with a timber lattice trellis attached to it on the left side of the image. The umbels take up most of the image in the foreground, and roughly follow a line from bottom left to top right of the image. The closest umbels takes up most of the left side of the image.
November 27, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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November 23, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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Interesting to look at the about pages of the accounts on Twatter who have been listed here. So many name changes, as they drift in and out of fandoms causing havoc. This is why is has been hard to track down some accounts to add to the list
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November 23, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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Pulled a load of small and pest damaged carrots. Didn't want them going to waste so cleaned them up, diced some, and cooked the rest down into puree for soup and other dishes. Managed to get two bags of diced, and two bags of puree for the freezer. 🥕
#HomeGrown #VegetableGardening #organic-gardening
Landscape orientation photo of freshly washed pest damaged carrots drying on a white tea towel sitting on a cream worktop. The photo is taken from above and from the side. The carrots are fat and stubby, bright orange with black blemishes on different parts of them. There are six carrots in the image, four of which are in the foreground. The image is taken under artificial light. Landscape orientation close up photo of a plastic freezer bag of diced carrots. Photo is taken from the top across the centre of the bag. In the top centre of the bag is a white rectangle with "Carrots (Diced)" written in light green pen. Landscape orientation photo of a stainless steel bowl with cooked carrot puree at the bottom. Photo is taken from above and from the side. Photo is taken in artificial light.
November 9, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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Kale, chard and walnut pesto.🥬
Both kale and chard grew from my homemade compost, so I've got free harvests.🥳

#HomeGrown #VegetableGardening #organic-gardening
Landscape orientation close up photo of a stainless steel mixing bowl, containing finely chopped deep green kale, with a pile of finely grated parmesan cheese on top. Photo is taken from above. Landscape orientation close up photo of a stainless steel bowl containing homemade vibrant green pesto. Photo is taken from the top. Landscape orientation photo of a mid grey silicone mini muffin baking tray, with each compartment filled with vibrant green homemade pesto. The tray is sitting on a white tea towel. Photo is taken at an above angle from the corner of the tray. There are 12 compartments in the tray. Landscape orientation close up photo of frozen pucks of green homemade pesto in a plastic bag. The bag is open and the photo is taken from the front looking in. The front edges of the bag have a royal blue edge to seal the bag. The bag is sitting on a cream worktop.
October 30, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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Our first ever pears🍐, and a ginormous King Edward potato grown in the compost heap.
Squared off photo of a white plastic colander containing a pile of small Conference pears. The colander is about half full. The pears are a light green with a mottled brown. Landscape orientation photo of a very large King Edward potato sitting on a black digital scale. The majority of the top half of the image is made up of the bottom of the potato. The bottom half of the image shows the scale digital readout in the centre which reads "956g". To the left of the digital readout is a button for "UNIT". To the right of the digital readout is a button for "ON/OFF TARE". The scale is sitting on a cream coloured worktop.
October 15, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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All dried.
#HomeGrown #VegetableGardening
Square cropped close up photo of a pile of dried parsley, taken from above. Square cropped close up photo of a small glass jar of pale green parsley powder, taken from above. The jar is sitting on a cream coloured worktop.
October 14, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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Parsley leaves and stalks, washed and ready for drying.
#HomeGrown #VegetableGardening
Landscape orientation photo of a pile of freshly washed parsley leaves. On a white tea towel. Landscape orientation photo of a pile of freshly washed parsley stalks on an upside down red tea towel. The stalks are different lengths and thicknesses, jumbled into a stack.
October 12, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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October 6, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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So I've been added to new blocklists. Three of the accounts who's lists I'm on have stolen my banner photo, are on my moderation lists and reported as bots/fake accounts, so that's not sus at all. @support.bsky.team @bsky.app
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September 30, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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Cottage pie made (by my partner) with #HomeGrown veg. Plus dried rosehips for tea, from the dog rose that came with the front garden. 🥔🥕🧅🌸🫖
#VegetableGardening
Landscape orientation photo of plate of homemade cottage pie. Image shows the top two thirds of a cream coloured plate, sitting on a wooden table. The pie consists of a minced meat filling with carrot and onion which makes up most of the right side of the image, plus a mashed potato topping with melted cheese on top which makes up most of the left side of the image. Landscape orientation photo of a pile of deep red halved and dried rosehips on a white paper towel.
September 29, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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Our first ever pears! 🍐🍐🍐
#HomeGrown #VegetableGardening
Squared off photo of a white plastic colander containing a pile of small Conference pears. The colander is about half full. The pears are a light green with a mottled brown.
September 26, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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Other half turned 'The Beast' 🥔 into cheese and potato pie.
#HomeGrown #VegetableGardening
Landscape orientation photo of a cooked cheese and potato pie in a rectangular glass dish, sitting on a black cooker hob. The pie is viewed from the top and side, and takes up almost all of the image. The pie is straight out of the oven, and has melted golden brown finely grated parmesan cheese on top. Landscape orientation photo of a serving of cheese and potato pie, with two thick pork sausages and a dollop of barbecue sauce, on a round dusky blue coloured plate, seen from the top and side. The plate makes up the majority of the image. The cheese and potato pie is on the left side of the plate, with the two sausages on the right side sitting, back to back and bending outwards. The dollop of barbecue sauce is in between at the bottom centre of the image. The plate sits on a dark grey table mat, with another table mat beyond it, and another in the top left corner of the image, on which can be seen the bottom of a glass of water. Landscape orientation photo of a packet of 4 Signature Pork Sausages. The packet is card with a plastic window through which can be seen the pinky brown raw sausages. Down the centre of the packet is a strip showing the contents with a picture of a pig at the top. At the bottom of the strip is a small UK Union Flag showing the sausages are made from British pork. The packet is cotton a black cooker hob. Portrait orientation photo of a bottle of Welsh Lady Sôs Barbiciw / Barbecue Sauce. The bottle is small with black lid and a white sleeve showing the name of the contents, and a picture of a Welsh Lady in Welsh costume. The sauce inside is a tangy brown. The bottom makes up most of the image with a clear plastic pepper grinder immediately behind, and another bottle of a different sauce to the left, which is upside-down. All objects are sitting on a dark grey table mat.
September 20, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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Free compost potatoes! 🥔🥔🥔
King Edwards that were put on the heap last year but sprouted, so I planted them in the turned compost. That big one on the top is nearly 1kg on its own 🤯, and this is just what I could reach under the surface.
🧀 & 🥔 pie incoming. 😋
#HomeGrown #VegetableGardening
Landscape orientation photo of muddy King Edward potatoes in a rectangular white wire mesh basket, sitting on some newspaper. The potatoes are freshly dug so the soil on them is still a bit wet and dark. The potatoes cover the whole bottom of the basket and are different sizes, but there is one huge one which takes up the majority of the left half of the image. Landscape orientation photo of a very large King Edward potato sitting on a black digital scale. The majority of the top half of the image is made up of the bottom of the potato. The bottom half of the image shows the scale digital readout in the centre which reads "956g". To the left of the digital readout is a button for "UNIT". To the right of the digital readout is a button for "ON/OFF TARE". The scale is sitting on a cream coloured worktop.
September 19, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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From apples to pie..🍎🥧
#HomeGrown #VegetableGardening
Landscape orientation photo of red bramley apples on the tree. The photo is taken in bright mid morning sunshine. The apples are hanging from a branch running horizontally throught the centre of the image from the left to the right. The apples are plump and ripe and surrounded by green apple leaf foliage. In the top right corner of the image is a spray of rusty red dock seeds. Landscape orientation photo of an apple pie without its lid and before baking. Image is made up of an unbaked pie case filed with apple slices marinated in a cinnamon syrup. The pie is sitting on a black baking tray which is on a stainless steel worktop. In the top left of the image are some small white and grey coloured measuring spoons. Landscape orientation photo of a cooked apple pie. Pie is sitting on a grey baking tray which is on a stainless steel worktop. The pie is golden brown with some of the decoration a darker brown. The pastry decoration on the top of the pie is of four leaves spreading out from the centre, and four more leaves sitting in between them along the pie rim. There are also pastry berries in the centre and on two opposite edges of the pie which join the leaf pattern together. There are four steam holes in the centre of the pie between the four leaves. Landscape orientation photo of a cooked apple pie which has had a slice removed. The pie is in round foil tray, sitting on a grey baking tray which is on a stainless steel worktop. The image is from the side of the pie looking along the top and at the contents where it has been cut. The pie is shallow and filled with apple slices in a cinnamon syrup. The top of the pie is golden brown, with some of the decoration a darker brown. The decoration is formed of leaves radiating out from the centre of which three can be seen.
September 7, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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Check out this beauty. 😍
Patty Pan Sunburst.
#HomeGrown #VegetableGardening
Landscape orientation photo of a Patty Pan 'Sunburst' summer squash. The squash is a golden yellow, with slightly scalloped edges, and a cut piece of green stalk sticking out of the top. The image is split roughly into quarters diagonally. The squash is sitting on a black plastic box in the foreground in the bottom quarter of the image. In the left quarter there is a light grey concrete slabbed path. In the right quarter is a cream coloured area of gravel. In the top quarter there are various flowers and green plants. The biggest flowers are pink and orange begonias.
August 23, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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Landscape orientation photo of a Tom Jones concert. Image shows a closup of part of the stage where Tom is singing supported by a keyboard player. Tom is located in the right half of the image and is dimly lit in white from the top left. In the left half of the image is a keyboard and keyboard player in silhouette. The keyboard player is setaed in profile behind the keyboard so only their shoulders and head are visible. On the very left edge of the image is the left side of a guitar player. Behind everyone there is the backing screens to the stage which show part of a closeup of Tom, around the right arm of his shirt, and is coloured and orangey grey. Landscape orientation photo of a Tom Jones concert at Cardiff Castle just after sunset. Photo comprises mostly of the stage setup and large flanking screens. Along the bottom of the image is the top of the crowd. The stage lights are white and the backdrop of screens at the back of the stage show a close up image of Tom in greyscale from the shoulders up in a vignette. On stage Tom Jones is singing flanked by a keyboard player and guitar playing to the left of him, and two more guitars players and a drum player to the right of him. At the centre bottom edge of the image is the head of a woman wearing daffodil deeply boppers. There is a patch of pale blue sky to behind the stage and to the left of it a patch of yellow sky and the edge of the keep of the castle on a bailey mound lit in red.
August 22, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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The voice, the legend that is Sir Tom Jones at Castell Caerdydd last night. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

I may have shed a tear or two. 🥹
Landscape orientation photo of a Tom Jones concert at dusk. Photo comprises mostly of the stage setup and a large screen on the left. Along the bottom of the image is the top of the crowd. The stage lights are white and orange and the backdrop of screens at the back of the stage shows is orange with white swirling and bending patterns on it. On stage Tom Jones is singing flanked by a keyboard player and guitar playing to the left of him, and two more guitars players and a drum player to the right of him. At the edge of the bottom left third of the image is the head of a woman wearing daffodil deeply boppers. There is a patch of dusky blue sky to behind the stage in the left third of the image. Landscape orientation photo of a Tom Jones concert at Cardiff Castle at night. Photo comprises the keep of the castle on the left of the image on top of a bailey mound. The keep is lit in red with a flag pole rising from a tower on the left side. On the right side of the image is the edge of the stage setup and a flanking screen lit in blue. Along the bottom of the image are a few of the heads of the crowd. The sky behind the keep and stage is black. Landscape orientation photo of a Tom Jones concert. Image is a close up of the stage and backing screen. Along the bottom is Tom Jones and his band, dimly lit. Starting from the left and located in the left third, the guitar player, keyboard player and Tom himself singing. In the right third of the picture is a guitar player and a drummer mostly hidden by the close up of a head of a member of the crowd. Along the top of the image are white and royal blue directional lights, pointing in different directions and streaming down onto the stage. The majority of the image is made up of the backing screens in the centre, which show a closup image for Tom from the side, from the shoulders up, surrounded by whispy cloud or smoke, singing. The image is an orangey grey. Landscape orientation photo of a Tom Jones concert. Image is a close up of part of the stage where Tom Jones is seated on a stool singing. Tom is located in the left third of the image with boxes and mic stands to the left of him. In the right third of the image there are microphones on stands and what looks like a keyboard. Behind Tom is the backing screens for the stage showing part of the closeup of Tom singing. The closeup is of his right arm holding the microphone, and the microphone stand. The closeup is in greyscale.
August 22, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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Any welsh person will tell you, when you see this sign after being away, you tear up a little. 🥹
Landscape orientation photo of a Welsh road sign. Sign fills most of the photo. Has a brown background with a white frame. The bottom half has white text which says "Welcome to Wales. Croeso i Gymru". The top half has a red Welsh dragon set within a white rectangle.
August 19, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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Berry porn.🫐
#HomeGrown #VegetableGardening
Landscape orientation photo of summer berries washed and on kitchen paper. On the left of the image are red wine berries. On the right of the image are plump blackberries. There is one large raspberry in the middle.
August 15, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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Faithless and Chicane at Cardiff Castle last night. 😎 #NotTooOldToRave
Landscape orientation photo from Faithless concert. Photo is mostly compromised of the stage setup and flanking big screens, except along the bottom of the screen which shows the tops of people in the audience who are dancing, some with their hands in the air, some with mobile phones recording. The image is taken at night so the stage lighting is very colourful, with a mixture of purple, blue and red with green lazer lights extending out and upwards from the stage. The flanking screens are red with a distorted image on them. Landscape orientation photo from Faithless concert. Photo is mostly compromised of the stage setup and flanking big screens, except along the bottom of the screen which shows the tops of people in the audience who are dancing, some with their hands in the air, some with mobile phones recording. The image is taken at dusk so there is a ducky blue sky behind the stage with the lightest hue at the centre left of the image, along with a silhouetted long thin cloud and oak shaped tree canopy. The stage lighting is very colourful, with a mixture of directional blue and yellow. The flanking screens are red with a neon type image of Maxi Jazz on them. Landscape orientation photo from Chicane concert. Photo is mostly compromised of the stage setup and flanking big screens, except along the bottom of the screen which shows the tops of people in the audience who are dancing, some with their hands in the air, some with mobile phones recording. The image is taken just before sunset with the golden sun shining at the centre left of the image, particularly obscured by an oak tree type canopy. The stage lighting is fairly muted, with a few directional purple, and a couple of directional white. Chicane is written in pinky white letters on a black background in a simple but large font on the screen at the back of the stage. The flanking screens show images of the crowd with the sunlight on them. Landscape orientation photo from a concert at Cardiff Castle. Photo compromises the edge of a stage setup in the right third of the image, the keep of the castle in the left two thirds of the image, and the audience along the whole bottom third of the image. The stage is dark with one flanking screen showing an image of the crowd and castle in a pink hue. The keep of the castle is on a mound, is circular with a tower at the left edge on which flies a Welsh flage on a pole. Between the keep and stage is the sun just before sunset. It is golden, giving the image and crowd a golden hue, with a sunflair come out towards the camera.
August 2, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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CARROTS! 🥕🥕🥕🥕🥕
#HomeGrown #VegetableGardening
Landscape orientation photo of freshly picked small orange carrots. Carrots are sitting in a bunch on a cream coloured worktop, with the bright green tops still attached. The tops of the carrots are in the top left corner of the image, with the bottom of the carrots pointing towards the bottom right of the image. Behind the carrots is a large deep green and purple coloured kale leaf.
July 17, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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Went to a couple of great concerts in Caerdydd, (Stevie Wonder and Stereophonics) and had a lovely stay a few miles down the road in a 400 year old cottage.
Landscape orientation photo of a stage with a large screen behind it from a Stevie Wonder concert. Along the bottom of the image is Stevie with his band. From the left; keyboards at the front including Stevie second from the left. The horn section at the back. In the centre is percussion flanked by guitars. Then moving to the right is drums and more keyboard, and two backing singers on the far right of the image. On the left edge if the image is rigging with lighting attached. The rest of the image is made up of a screen showing Stevie Wonder at his keyboard singing framed in purple and gold. Landscape orientation photo of people at a Stereophonics concert inside the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff. The image is zoomed out so you can see all sides of the Stadium, and the roof open. The right third of the image has the stage and stage setup, with purple and blue lighting focused on the stage. The left top.two thirds show the open roof and sky which is a dusky blue with no clouds. The centre left two thirds show the seating to the right and opposite the stage full of people. The bottom left two thirds of the image show people standing in front of the stage where the rugby pitch would be. They are cheering and singing with their arms in the air. Along the bottom of the image are the heads and backs of people who would be on the left side of the stage where the photo is taken. There are warm white lights shining from the stage rigging onto the people standing below.
July 12, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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Artsy photo. Rest Bay, Porthcawl.❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
Landscape orientation photo taken inside a cafe situated next to the sea, looking out of large windows to people seated outside. The cafe building is modern construction made of steel and wood. The tone and colour of the image is a hazy sea blue, with lots of contrast. The image is split roughly diagonally through the centre from bottom left to top right. The bottom right half of the image is inside the cafe. There are two small square tables, each with four black metal chairs which have a cut out pebble style pattern. There is a tape barrier on aluminium legs in the bottom right corner. The top left half of the image is outside is showing outside of the cafe, through large floor to ceiling windows. The window are split into four panes. Each pane shows a couple couple of people seated outside, and behind them is the sea. They people are in shadow as they are back-lit, with the sunlight streaming in through the windows creating shadows of the tables and chairs on the floor indoors. The light is coming from the top left of the image, with a bright reflection off the sea.
July 10, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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I HAVE A PLUM! THIS IS NOT A DRILL! 🍑 #VegGardening ##HomeGrown
Square close up photo of a small 'Victoria' plum, sitting on a piece of patterned kitchen paper. The plum is a reddy brown with patches of yellowy green with tiny red speckles.
July 4, 2025 at 7:24 PM