Planting gets underway This week: Finishing the hall floor; The next part of the project; The last cuts; Planting gets underway; We have had another sunny week here in Dol, however with the clear skies at night, temperatures have dropped … Read More
Another career choice gone This week: Another career choice gone west; More holes: Polytunnel time; ; Cold is a relative concept. It has been cold this week, the coldest week of the winter. However I’m talking about southern Mediterranean cold, … Read More
Sime lost keys This week: January in the garden; Some lost keys; Dealing with “Wattle walls”; A solution for the problem; It is 12th night, so I have carefully removed the Christmas lights and packed them away in the box, … Read More
Hanging Curtains This week: Hanging curtains; Winter fruits; Lemons for life; We are on the downhill run to Christmas. Monday week is Christmas Day, but some how, it just doesn’t feel all that “Christmassy” yet. In the shops the Christmas … Read More
Tomatoes and foot candles This week: P P P P Pick a Persimmon; Making sense of numbers; Tomatoes and foot candles: Haircut time; Pouring oil on troubled wood; I have felt totally conflicted this week! The weather is still warm, … Read More
Going absolutely bananas This week: Knowing your limits; Autumnal days; Winterisation; Going absolutely bananas; Mapping temperatures in the polytunnel; We have experienced some wild weather this week. Temperatures have been mild with sunshine at the start of the week. Then … Read More
Red dates ready for picking
A week in the Polytunnel This week: Lightning, lightning – Very, very frightening; Just a little more rain; A week in the Polytunnel; Preparing for winter; We have had a lot of much needed rain this week. Of course we … Read More
Just another heat dome This week: Just another heat dome; Odd jobs; Packet in the post: It is Saturday afternoon once again and it is hot. Much too hot to work, like most of this week. I have an oscillating … Read More
Are you fed up yet? This week: Fed up of tomatoes yet?; Potting on; Something outstanding; We are baking yet again! Another heat dome has established itself across the western and central Mediterranean and underneath everything is heating up. While … Read More