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
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
Busy doing nothing This week: Busy doing nothing; Floof update This week’s blog is going to be short, sharp and to the point! I have done very little outside because of the heat and my inside work has not been … Read More
Leaking profusely from every pore This week: Temperature changes over time; Leaking profusely from every pore; Black start; This has not been one of my better weeks for work. It has simply been too hot to do very much outside. … Read More
Just an epic failure This week: The weather in three charts; Just an epic failure; Analysing the problem; Tradesmen or just workmen?; Chasing wires; This has been a funny old week. A week of odds and ends. I was bringing … Read More