Monthly Archives: June 2015
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SPIKE WRITES: The life of Brian at Uncle Spike’s Farm….
Leave a commentTuesday 30 June, 2015 by Uncle Spike
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The Talking Bird from Turkey is: ‘Gettin’ the hang of it!…..’ catch up here with everything or… -
Fridge full of apricots…
10Tuesday 30 June, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Apricots have become my new biscuits! No biscuits for two weeks (fasting), but apricots do just nicely 🙂
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Muse (IV)
16Monday 29 June, 2015 by Uncle Spike
This week’s fourth and probably final entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge is a look back at a favourite muse …
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Macro Monday: Mulberry
6Monday 29 June, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Simple shot of an almost ripe Mulberry. This is my entry for Macro Monday for this week. Hope you all enjoy …
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Winter in Istanbul: Streets & Buildings
9Sunday 28 June, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Mid winter, and we found ourselves in Istanbul for a few days this year. Over the next few weeks, I’ll …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Muse (III)
10Sunday 28 June, 2015 by Uncle Spike
This week’s third entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge is my fascination with sunset photography, especially from here on our …
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Aubergine story
20Sunday 28 June, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Growing aubergines has always been a bit of a hit n miss affair with us. Although I have to say, …
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Love and the Civil Service
7Saturday 27 June, 2015 by Uncle Spike
“And it says here you know other languages. Care to elaborate?” That was a question posed to my goodself some thirty …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Muse (II)
7Saturday 27 June, 2015 by Uncle Spike
This week’s second entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge is a regular subject of mine, that of the peppers crop we …
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Fresh evening snack…
12Saturday 27 June, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Strawberries are much much better this season! Moving 120 newly rooted extensions from the old plants last autumn was a …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Muse (I)
7Friday 26 June, 2015 by Uncle Spike
This week’s first entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge is probably the most revisited area for me, and this is of …
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‘Mud Dauber’ wasp cocoons…
14Friday 26 June, 2015 by Uncle Spike
. Well who’d’ve guessed? Those ‘wasps nest’, Jabba-the-Hutt looking things are indeed tiny clay wasp cocoons! “The wasps fill their …
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Flower Friday ~ Elegance
6Friday 26 June, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Sheer elegance from Mother Nature .
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Any Ideas?
52Thursday 25 June, 2015 by Uncle Spike
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Sour Cherries
14Thursday 25 June, 2015 by Uncle Spike
For once, we beat the birds to harvesting the Vişne (sour cherries)!
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Triffid migration
16Wednesday 24 June, 2015 by Uncle Spike
A few years ago we acquired some bulbs, and/or seeds; not sure which. Anyway, each summer they bloom, as you …
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Wordless Wednesday ~ Favourite dish
13Wednesday 24 June, 2015 by Uncle Spike
My favourite side dish, PEPPERS ‘N’ YOGHURT; dried peppers cooked crisp and served with a bowl of cool natural unpasteurized …
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Mixed Grill
8Tuesday 23 June, 2015 by Uncle Spike
One night when Uncle Baldrick was here, we actually managed to venture out for a couple of non-working hours. It …
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Peaches…
12Tuesday 23 June, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Peaches are coming along nicely this season!
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Roy G. Biv (IV)
11Monday 22 June, 2015 by Uncle Spike
This week’s fourth and probably final entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge shows some of the local fishing …
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Macro Monday: Baby Cucumber
13Monday 22 June, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Slightly spikey, a bit furry, with a big flower as a crown; yep it’s one of those baby cucumbers! This …
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Citrus Tree Care – Lime paint (2 of 2)
8Sunday 21 June, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Painting the trees with slaked lime and copper sulphate takes time. I have to paint the trunk, from the dirt level, …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Roy G. Biv (III)
4Sunday 21 June, 2015 by Uncle Spike
This week’s third entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge was taken in the UK… Is this what they call …
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Plums & Sloes
5Sunday 21 June, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Also very late this year are the plums. Here in Türkiye, they are often eaten unripe, and with salt(!?) when …
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Citrus Tree Care – Lime paint (1 of 2)
12Saturday 20 June, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Continuing on with the repair and care programme for our citrus trees… this year it’s time to ‘paint’ the trees! …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Roy G. Biv (II)
17Saturday 20 June, 2015 by Uncle Spike
This week’s second entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge are the steps I would walk each morning when staying …
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Apples are growing…
7Saturday 20 June, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Growing apples here is bit ‘hit-n-miss’ we’ve found, mainly due to the incessant heat of our normally prolonged hot and …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Roy G. Biv (I)
26Friday 19 June, 2015 by Uncle Spike
This week’s first entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge is a representation of about every colour the rainbow has to offer; …
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Jump…and I did
10Friday 19 June, 2015 by Uncle Spike
This is a song I still play regularly in the old car. It’s the amazing Van Halen and their anthemic …
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Flower Friday ~ Last of the Periwinkle
4Friday 19 June, 2015 by Uncle Spike
. Summer is here, and whilst the areas of Periwinkle we have seem to survive ok with just a weekly …
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Return to Bodrum
7Thursday 18 June, 2015 by Uncle Spike
A rather rapid trip over to Bodrum went down a couple of weeks ago. Having only been there in the …
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Who loves a Blackberry?
11Thursday 18 June, 2015 by Uncle Spike
If one were to mention a Blackberry to 93.48% of the under 25 year old population, what do you think …
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This evening’s snack: Apricots
7Wednesday 17 June, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Having stated my Ramadan fasting a few days early, as you do, my focus for iftar (breaking of the fast), …
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Wordless Wednesday ~ Now that’s a mural!
3Wednesday 17 June, 2015 by Uncle Spike
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Bergamot – another first for us
8Tuesday 16 June, 2015 by Uncle Spike
After a couple of failures, we now have a Bergamot Orange tree that seems relatively happy and settled. Although it …
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My favourite pepper
8Tuesday 16 June, 2015 by Uncle Spike
We grow a few types of peppers each summer; basically because it’s the easiest veg to produce in this hot/dry …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Off-Season (IV)
1Monday 15 June, 2015 by Uncle Spike
This week’s fourth and probably final entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge is a spot of southern Turkish summer rain …
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Macro Monday: Pomelo
6Monday 15 June, 2015 by Uncle Spike
This the skin of a Pomelo . It’s nowhere near fully grown yet. These fruit will be well over a …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Off-Season (III)
9Sunday 14 June, 2015 by Uncle Spike
This week’s third entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge is a double rainbow taken from our farm in southwest Türkiye. …
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Pomegranates – looks to be a good season
8Sunday 14 June, 2015 by Uncle Spike
The pomegranate bushes are still in full flower, but at the same time, we have fruit already well formed.We’ll have …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Off-Season (II)
11Saturday 13 June, 2015 by Uncle Spike
This week’s second entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge shows geraniums surviving an unexpected bout of snow at the seaside. Hope you …
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Black Figs – Late but still welcome
14Saturday 13 June, 2015 by Uncle Spike
The green figs never happened at all this season, which is strange as they are a native crop that grow …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Off-Season (I)
24Friday 12 June, 2015 by Uncle Spike
This week’s first entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge is the wastage of clementines caused by a very rare and sudden cold …
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Dreams ~ Another 1977 Classic
12Friday 12 June, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Who remembers this one then? It’s an all-time classic from one of my favourite years, 1977, and by one of …
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Flower Friday ~ House Plant?
9Friday 12 June, 2015 by Uncle Spike
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Dr. Spike and the poorly trees
13Thursday 11 June, 2015 by Uncle Spike
With some 250 trees, there are always the odd casualty or two each season; the lemon trees for example. Olive trees are …
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Fruit: late but worth it
11Thursday 11 June, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Winter was far colder than usual. It lasted longer, then spring was late, and so is summer. Basically, the weather …
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Flower of the day
6Wednesday 10 June, 2015 by Uncle Spike
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Wordless Wednesday ~ Hiding?
6Wednesday 10 June, 2015 by Uncle Spike
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Drilling for water
17Tuesday 09 June, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Twenty-four hours a day, for seven days… that’s how long it took to drill our artesian well. Before that, we …
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