I need Mr Spock This week: I need Mr Spock; Cutting wood; Shopping trips; Painting the Konoba ceiling; The Northern Winter Solstice; Writing this as dusk falls outside, with my wood stove burbling away in the dining room, as it … 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
Heavy Rain This week: Heavy rain; Indoor jobs; Seed collecting; Across much of Europe the temperatures are lower than usual and there has been some significant snowfalls. In Germany the cold and snow brought chaos. The trains, planes and autobahns … Read More
First snow of winter This week: Split in winter; Plasterboarding; Exploring my new Konoba; ; It’s been another of those weeks… I have been busy, but really have little to show for it. On Sunday I bottled 10 kilogrammes of … Read More
Just a minor crash This week: Just three cables; Just a minor crash; A bit of caddying; The place next door; The mosquitoes are still flying. However that said, they are flying more slowly, and there are fewer of them. … Read More
Some builders marks This week: Fully winterised; Awkward corners; Some builders marks ; For the past few years, the seasons have all seemed to have merged into one another. Winters have been cool and wet, summers warm and wet and … Read More
A dedicated scan desk This week: Sweeping flues; Being driven by the data; A dedicated scan desk; It has been a busy week here, but a successful one. True, it has rained quite a bit which has curtailed outside work, … Read More
Our Weird Weather This week: Our Weird Weather; A walk on the wild side; The clock change last Sunday morning has meant that it is now dusk by 17:00 and dark by 17:30. And that is on clear days. When … 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