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A View (A Few Miles) From The Greenhouse; Enemies At The Gates…..

7th November 2023 Colin Cross 2293 Comments

Autumn’s been wet but mild up here in the north western wastelands, leading to an explosion of colour in the flora of the area which has lasted well into November. I took a walk in [more…]

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A View (Just Along The Road) From The Greenhouse; Working Class Heroes….Innit?

24th October 2023 Colin Cross 2363 Comments

Autumn continues its steady, inexorable path towards winter and this year its bringing along with it a profusion of berries. The hawthorn has been particularly prolific and now the holly’s joining in. Plums and damsons, [more…]

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A View From (Almost Opposite) The Greenhouse; A Massacre Of Innocents

10th October 2023 Colin Cross 3047 Comments

I’m pretty sure it was one of “The Merry Pranksters” and, if my memory serves (which it rarely does these days unless it’s a Temptations or Bob Dylan lyric, or how much a pint was [more…]

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A View (Several Miles Away) From The Greenhouse; Back In’t Saddle

26th September 2023 Colin Cross 2163 Comments

We’re into “proper” autumn now and there’s little left to do in the greenhouse, apart from occasionally water the last of the tomatoes, keep an eye on the pepper and chilli plot, do a bit [more…]

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A View From The Greenhouse; The Ubiquitous Mission Statement!

12th September 2023 Colin Cross 2189 Comments

I’ve mentioned “Old Jack” and his abandoned (now becoming ramshackle) old house before, on more than one occasion. If it were just about anywhere else in the UK which isn’t a tiny rural hamlet, I’m [more…]

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A View From (Somewhere In The Area Of) The Greenhouse; We’re All “Far Right” Now….Innit?

29th August 2023 Colin Cross 2236 Comments

Life carries on apace and, as things start to slow down a little in the greenhouse I find myself having time to venture out into the countryside, along with my camera, and visit the odd [more…]

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The Cnuteneering Home For Wayward Lathes and Milling Machines Part 2^w 3.

23rd August 2023 El Cnutador 1949 Comments

Welcome back once more to the Cnuteneering Home For Wayward Lathes and Milling Machines (CHFWLMM Charitable Foundation, listed in Bermuda alongside Tony Blairs Foundation shell companies). We left the last installment with the establishment of [more…]

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A View From The Greenhouse; Cultural…..Innit?

15th August 2023 Colin Cross 2068 Comments

The weather maps glow red to black, yet here in my little corner of North West England the wet summer days blend, almost seamlessly, into each other. At least there’s plenty of grass for my [more…]

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A View From (Almost Opposite) The Greenhouse; Will A Tide Turn?

1st August 2023 Colin Cross 2350 Comments

The weather continues to perplex and frustrate in equal measure. Just over a month ago I was writing about the greenhouse being unbearable to work in, past noon, as temperatures climbed into the low hundreds [more…]

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