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Rough Gardening In A Pandemic (Laying The Ground) RIP Norman

2nd March 2021 Colin Cross 2029 Comments

It’s no secret that, by now, we’re all heartily pissed off with this whole Covid business. I could write a litany of woes, some deeply personal, some widely shared and others purely observational that would, [more…]

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Shed Life

17th February 2021 Going Postal 2346 Comments

If you are in a position where you are needing a dedicated place to work from home but do not have the room inside, a shed/garden room may be a suitable alternative. Prices vary enormously [more…]

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After The Gold Rush

17th December 2020 Colin Cross 3684 Comments

I dreamed I saw the silver spaceships Lying in the yellow haze of the sun There were children crying and colours flying All around the chosen ones All in a dream, all in a dream [more…]

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Adventure In Rough Gardening (The Good Bits)

31st August 2020 Colin Cross 3039 Comments

After an extended hiatus, caused by any number of inconsequential (and not so inconsequential things), I’m back. Hussar, I hear you all cry. There’s a wonderful saying, originating, I think, from the USA; “When life [more…]

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Garden Project update

15th June 2020 Sweaty Dave 2822 Comments

Thank you for your kind comments upon part 1. In this one we get to a point where I can sit down in comfort. Day 6 Keep on digging We left it with half a [more…]

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A Garden Project

1st June 2020 Sweaty Dave 3376 Comments

It is a while since I’ve written anything on here, mainly through lack of anything worthy that would get anywhere near the quality of pieces we see every day on such a wide range of [more…]

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Gardening In A Pandemic & Adventures in Photography; The Living World

24th May 2020 Colin Cross 3212 Comments

Welcome back to the greenhouse. I touched on it briefly in my last missive from the garden, but one of the problems with having an inordinate amount of time on ones hands is finding something [more…]

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Signs and Pottering; Rough Gardening During A Pandemic

17th May 2020 Colin Cross 2433 Comments

For what seems like weeks now I’ve been describing, in laconic detail, just how tough it is keeping a 600 (or so) square foot greenhouse in an adequate enough state of repair to do its [more…]

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Ooh, Aar, Rough Veg Gardening, A Progress Report

9th May 2020 Colin Cross 2766 Comments

Hello Postaliers, welcome to the latest progress report from the greenhouse at the end of the world, where summer has arrived early (as it often does) and work is limited, even with vents fully open [more…]

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