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

15th August 2023 Colin Cross 0

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…]

Animals

A View From The Greenhouse; Global Warming,,,,,,Innit?

4th July 2023 Colin Cross 0

The time of abundance is mostly upon us, potatoes, more beans than one can shake a stick at, strawberries, courgettes, beetroot, spinach, chard, radish, leaves of many and various kinds and even a couple of [more…]

16th Century

A View From The Greenhouse;Thoughts On Life (And Death)

20th June 2023 Colin Cross 0

Why a Puffin you may (or may not) be asking yourselves, but there’s no great mystery or even significance behind the header picture of my latest ramblings being of our “Spirit” bird. I’ve made the [more…]

21st Century

A View From The Greenhouse; On Matters Monarchical And Sartorial

9th May 2023 Colin Cross 0

The sheep are back. The rent for the ground is conditional, a bit like having a caravan at the seaside, on it only being “occupied” for a maximum ten months of the year. Consequently, although [more…]

Diary

A View From The Greenhouse; The Un-flushable Turd

25th April 2023 Colin Cross 0

Life carries on apace and although the weather still refuses to settle down, there’s always time in my horrendously busy schedule to take a walk, often with my camera and occasionally with a group of [more…]

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Adventure In Rough Gardening (The Good Bits)

31st August 2020 Colin Cross 0

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…]

Arts

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

24th May 2020 Colin Cross 0

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…]

Arts

Ooh, Aar A Progress Report On Rough Vegetable Gardening

2nd May 2020 Colin Cross 0

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…]

Gardening

Ooh, Aarr, A Guide To Rough Vegetable Gardening, Part 2

11th April 2020 Colin Cross 0

Alongside the onerous but rewarding task of preparing the ground for planting there are other jobs requiring the rough gardeners attention before the season gets into full swing. Being a Yorkshire man by birth, if [more…]

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