Animals
Larry’s Diary Week Forty
Monday Yo! Bozzie’s home; He got back early yesterday evening and marched in like his old self, it may be my imagination, but his voice sounds a bit huskier. The bloody Mutt went potty, rushing [more…]
Diary
Animals
Larry’s Diary Week Thirty Nine
Monday Morning Readers, another bright and sunny morning here in Westminster, so I’ll be on my favourite windowsill later. I can sleep there with an eye open to observe the comings and goings at No [more…]
Diary
Signs and Pottering; Rough Gardening During A Pandemic
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…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary Week Thirty Eight
Monday As you’ll already know Bozzie was discharged from hospital late yesterday morning. I knew something was happening when the Little Otter and the Mutt turned up, so I hung around downstairs so as not [more…]
Culture
Ooh, Aar, Rough Veg Gardening, A Progress Report
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…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary Week Thirty Seven
Monday What a lovely day yesterday; the sun got a bit too warm for me and I had to retreat from the windowsill to sleep on Bozzie’s office chair, well he isn’t using it just [more…]
Arts
Ooh, Aar A Progress Report On Rough Vegetable Gardening
Hello folks, being a rough old gardener has both pitfalls and rewards. The greenhouse itself has obviously seen better years and it’s a bit like Triggers rake. It’s the same greenhouse that was erected, along [more…]
Arts
Ooh, Aar, A Guide To Rough Vegetable Gardening Part 4
Hello folks and welcome to part four of a guide to rough veg growing. It’s impossible to grow vegetables, even roughly, without a large number of containers, a decent space to work the magic, an [more…]