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February 25, 2017
Still Posting Daily
I started this post-a-day thing, back on December 11th 2016, with the initial intention of going until the end of the year, but seem to have managed to carry it on to this point at least.
There have been a couple of days when I’ve been posting quite late in the day, and have nearly broken the chain, but I’ve managed it so far. Some posts are written a few days in advance (this is one of them), which helps me with scheduling and other things happening, and others are more spur of the moment.
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First Overwintering Broccoli From the Allotment
It’s a variety called “marathon”, that I sowed back in the autumn, and is now ready to be harvested. I also cut some cavalo nero (black kale), so we should be eating well tonight!
As this broccoli matures it should work in well with the purple sprouting broccoli, which isn’t ready yet but will be in the not too distant future, and also some cauliflowers that appear to be doing well, but again, aren’t quite producing curds yet.
February 24, 2017
Storm Doris Aftermath
Storm Doris hit the UK yesterday. The middle of the Country was probably the worst affected area, but we had some pretty wicked winds here (much worse than when I last wrote about a storm).
I walked the dogs around the woods yesterday morning, which was before the worst of the winds hit, but on our afternoon walk it was too windy to feel safe walking there, so I stayed out on the playing fields. The wind was so strong that on one occasion a strong gust made me stagger a bit, nearly blowing me...
February 23, 2017
Music From The Book
I’ve just finished reading Ernest Cline’s “Armada”, it was okay but I enjoyed his first book “Ready Player One” more.
What I liked about Armada was the Links it makes to sci-fi and other films and tv of my childhood in the 70’s & 80’s. If you’re not familiar with Str Wars, Star Trek, Iron Eagle, Top Gun, Battlestar Galactica, you’ll probably not enjoy it at all.
It also leans heavily on a music playlist. Someone has created the playlist on Spotify, so if you’ve also read the book, you can lis...
February 22, 2017
Grandma’s Ashes
Today we scattered my Grandma’s ashes, it would have been her 95th birthday.
February 20, 2017
Signs of Spring
There are definite signs of Spring. The days are getting longer (it was still light at 5.15pm yesterday), the mimosa in our garden (above) is flowering and the crocuses (below) are out.
I know that officially Spring is still another month away, but these are all good signs.
February 19, 2017
Quick Links 20th February 2017
Each week I’ll try and post quick links to things that I’ve seen, read, inspired me or just sparked my interest in the previous week, with a little background and my thoughts and other things that I’ve been up to in the previous week. Mostly gardening, cooking and environmental stuff but not always.
Life In General.
Lots of health related stuff this last week which I’ve already talked about. More stuff with both my Dad’s and Grandma’s estates. I suspect that this is going to be an ongoing th...
February 18, 2017
Allotment Update 18th February 2017
A short video from the allotment.
February 17, 2017
Morning Bird Song
The birds were in particularly fine voice this morning, so I recorded a little bit of it for you. Can you hear the woodpecker?
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