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
We’re having Pups! This week: Pruning is well under way; We’re having Pups!; It is the end of another week. I really do not know where time goes, however it passes with unrelenting speed. We have had a damp week, … Read More
Between Alchemy and a Dark art This week: Our strange winter weather; Between Alchemy and a Dark art; More on weather and climate; Well, I’ve survived the first week of 2025. To celebrate New Year’s Day, I was out in … Read More
Just one of 5 reasons This week: An awful eyesore; Dismantling not demolition; Just one of 5 reasons; Cool winter nights; Here we are once again on Saturday afternoon! They seem to come around with frightful regularity… My oldest feline … Read More
Time for an Autumn clean-up This week: Time for an Autumn clean-up; Celestial events; Once again I am struggling to make sense of the data my weather station is producing. After a month of below average temperatures, once again temperatures … 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