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
A new chapter has begun This week: A new chapter has begun; Death and destruction; The Mediterranean heat continues almost unabated. I am consciously drinking 3 litres (or more) of water each day to ensure that I remain hydrated. Meanwhile … Read More
Straight to intensive care This week: It is all about your attitude; I have been Floofed; Straight to intensive care; We are being cooked in this part of the Mediterranean at the moment. Almost every day this week I have … Read More
I don’t know what I’m doing This week: I don’t know what I’m doing; First Floof update; Saving seeds; Is it an Etruscan?; The weather has been hot again all week, with more hot weather to come. I am irrigating … Read More
We’re half way through the year This week: Animal crackers; Our vets; It’s all about the grasses; This week has been hot again. As I passed the weather station console a few minutes ago, it was recording 48.7°C inside the … Read More
All in the name of love This week: The machinery Konoba; Ready, steady, move; All in the name of love; It’s Saturday afternoon again, the wind has dropped and all I can hear through my study windows is bird song. … Read More
I’m almost there! This week: I’m almost there!; Trouble in the polytunnel; This week has been somewhat mundane. What have I been doing? Not a lot really, but I have spent the whole week doing it! Sometimes you need to … Read More
None on Sunday, swarm on Monday This week: Adding cardboard; Wild flowers everywhere; None on Sunday, a swarm on Monday; A tidy desk is the sign of an unsound mind; We have had another mixed week for weather. There has … Read More
Does it stay, or does it go? This week: Does it stay, or does it go?; Deep inside the polytunnel; How to waste time productively; My second oldest feline Ujako Gizmo has been off colour this week. He disappeared last … Read More