Four rats down This week: Beguiled by plants; More plantings; Released back to the wild; Island life is nice, but it also has its frustrations. For example, trying to buy anything even slightly out of the ordinary. Last weekend I … Read More
Bodgeit, Dodgeit & Scarper This week: Autumnal flowers; Working in the Polytunnel: Bodgeit, dodgeit and Scarper; Well, I have made it through the week to another Saturday afternoon. At the moment we have 10/10ths cloud cover and the forecast is … Read More
I’m a “has bean” This week: I’m a “has bean”; Dealing with damp; What will the weather be like in…?; The tail end of Storm Boris arrived this week, with close to 37mm of rainin 24 hours. This is nothing … Read More
Closing the doors and windows This week: Germinating bean seeds; It doesn’t fit anywhere!; Closing the doors and windows; We are in the middle of Autumn now. The days are comfortably warm at around 20°C however our overnight low, Friday … Read More
Ready, Steady, Plant (next week) This week: Dealing with damp; Photo’s everywhere; Ready, Steady, Plant (next week); At long last, the daytime temperatures are beginning to cool slightly. Today (Saturday) it has “only” been 30°C, compared to the 36°C of … Read More
A week as a tourist This week: A week as a tourist; Home maintenance; A letter to the Chief; The heat continues! Usually by the start of September, our summer heat has begun to mellow. But not this year… Today … Read More
I don’t like August This week: It’s been hot again; Clearing up in the polytunnel; I don’t like August; Just as forecast, we had much needed rain on Sunday night and during Monday. A total of 26 mm or 26 … Read More
Three tee-shirts every day This week: Fire season; Three tee-shirts every day; Garden musings; Website security; Not what I expected; We have had baking heat again, all this week. For five consecutive days the temperature in my polytunnel has exceeded … Read More
Tonight no one sleeps This week: Monograph № 4; The night when the village doesn’t sleep; This blog is a week late, because of the technical problems I have had with my website. After a lot of work this week, … Read More
Just a few more seeds This week: Climate breakdown; Seedling joy; Just a few more seeds; I’m running late today. It is well after 7pm here on Otok Hvar and I am watching (on radar) a large and active thunderstorm … Read More