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My baking curse is lifted!

My baking curse is lifted!

How I stopped making ceremonial bakes for the bin every birthday

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Alex Valk
Feb 13, 2025
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Look, I know you come here for the gardening and the plants but it hasn’t stopped drizzling for 80 weeks and I’m fed up of having cups of tea outside looking at what still isn’t growing. I mean, yes, there are snowdrops and hellebores; but this is the time of year where reality sinks in, and you know nothing seriously exciting is going to happen outside…

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