Awful weather This week: Awful weather; A very wet Friday; With two fine days this week, once again, I have not done much in the garden or orchards. As the rain teemed down, I felt very sorry for my newly … Read More
Open gates This week: Open gates; Cyclone Harry; Starting a new project; I have an extremely damp feline on my knee as I write this. This week has been wet and miserable, all apart from one day. It is just … Read More
Mid winter This week: Health update; Mid winter; Orchard plants; The end of another year; This weeks blog is going to be short. Much shorter than the usual eight to ten minutes read, for the simple reason that I have … Read More
Gardens matter This week: Garden matters; Computing; Woodworking; We have had another sunny week again, with no rain. However both the daytime and night time temperatures are dropping noticeably now. The last scarlet leaves of my Parthenocissus have fallen this … Read More
Where are you looking? This week: Where are you looking when you walk?; It’s the 1st August; Disappointing germination; 2025 weather; We had some lovely and much needed rain on Saturday night and again on Monday night and into Tuesday … Read More
Feeling completely conflicted This week: Feeling completely conflicted; One decision made; Digging up bulbs; This week has again been hot. Very hot in fact. This afternoon when I was outside sorting bulbs, my digital thermometer registered 36.7°C in the shade. … Read More
Smoke in the sky! This week: Smoke in the sky!; When you need a tool; Labelling up; Sunset Postscript; Today is Midsummer’s Day, the longest day of the year in the northern hemisphere and it is hot. I was up … Read More
What an awful winter This week: What an awful winter; Complex statistical analysis; Last week I said that I thought that we would have another unsettled week this week and we have. We have received a total of 60 mm … Read More
A flooding emergency This week: A flooding emergency; Mopping up operations; Progress in the polytunnel; Sunday started off as a very pleasant day. Just before lunch I took my parabolic microphone and digital recorder along the old donkey track, to … Read More
Pruning fruit trees with a chainsaw This week: Pruning fruit trees with a chainsaw; ; I’m struggling to fathom where times goes to. Already it is Saturday afternoon again and with it comes finishing this week’s blog. Last weekend, I … Read More