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back patch veg beds – a progress report
At the end of last week I slipped out of the flat early in the morning to get a head start on a general tidy and overall assessment of the state of play in the back patch vegetable patch. This … Continue reading
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hard graft & some progress
It’s been a surprisingly busy few days. I reached out to a fellow allotment holder and neighbour to see if she was ok. Hadn’t seen sign of her for a while… She’s a former colleague in the fight to save … Continue reading
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update on the back patch
The woods group convened to work at great distance from one another the other day, and we got a lot of tidying and trimming accomplished, with bags already with the neighbour for the council’s green waste collection. Chris and Robert … Continue reading
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what two weeks looks like..
Coronavirus challenges us – each and every one, all over the world, in all our various situations and lifestyles – how to measure time. There’s a nice song I recall that has a line about measuring hours with teaspoons… Some … Continue reading
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birds & butterflies
Although the mornings and evenings are cool in this first week of May, the days are returning to heat. We continue to live a little in fear of frost – which would wipe out our courgette and tomato planted into … Continue reading
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pond life & other updates
Life abounds in a dizzying degree of diversity. As usual, the robin rules the roost – and yesterday dive bombed me upon arrival, so close I could feel the swoosh of wind as it flew past my head. Maybe Robin’s … Continue reading
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Earth Day updates
22 April is Earth Day, and 2020 this marks fifty years of trying to draw attention to the beauty and biodiversity of mother earth. Fifty years of conservation efforts and trying to get human beings to value their environment, with … Continue reading
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cold snaps & doing things out of season
The weather report warned on Easter Sunday of a big dip in temperatures, with days going from low 20s to 10 degrees Celcius. Brrrrr! We’d been lured into false confidence that spring was truly with us, and yesterday it was … Continue reading
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awesome artichoke!
Artichoke are awesome! But boy are they huge! If you have the space and want to plant some globe artichoke of your own, try to remember that the tiny little slip you purchase at the garden centre will grow to … Continue reading
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Tuesday’s toil
Just look at this beautiful bumble bee, gorging gloriously on the white blooming borage. Awesome! Love borage! Love bees! Over-the-moon swoony for bees, borage, blossoms! We went up nice and early. Packed a picnic so we could sustain ourselves for … Continue reading
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Philosophising... 