Another heat wave is upon us as we hurtle towards summer. Thankfully, the mornings and evenings are still somewhat cool. Most of the crops are in the garden now. I still have spares of some things, which have come in useful to replace seedlings eaten by my dreaded enemy: the molluscs. Let’s just say I’m … More Things You Shouldn’t do With an Axe
We’re all suffering from a bit of weather shock. The wintery spring with cold winds and grey skies suddenly turned into the heat of summer. We we’re getting hot weather normally reserved for high summer. It felt like one minute it was too windy and cold to plant out the young vege seedlings and the … More Is it Winter or Summer? Oh, Spring…
I said I wasn’t going to grow potatoes this season because I didn’t have the space or inclination , but then I read one of those articles about the most pesticide-laden fruits and vegetables and potatoes are one of them… So, I bought just a small bag of Agria seed potatoes; 5 to be precise, … More The Swathe of Spring Seeds & Seedlings
Well, we had a pretty good run of weather for the first part of winter, until the end of July when the more usual rainy season weather showed up. And it has stuck around. This is probably a good thing, as I needed to slow down a bit. Our water woes are definitely over, at … More In Which The Outdoor Sink Becomes a Reality
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