the other day, a gardener around the corner from my house was giving away a big sack of lemons, so naturally we grabbed ‘em! just the smell of them was heaven. now normally, lemons — i’d make lemonade, but some friends had been telling me how easy it was to make preserved lemons, so i decided this morning before i started blogging i was going to do just that.... 
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I gave away the final jar of last year’s preserved baby artichokes last week. The cupboard is bare (at least of artichokes) and so my thoughts turn to putting up this year’s batch. It sounds very romantic and lovely – spending the day trimming artichokes, packing them into glass jars, processing them, and finally kicking back with a glass of wine while watching... 
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