Why on earth would anyone cut a discarded length of plastic water pipe into (very roughly) two inch lengths, may or may not be the first question that springs to the mind of my long [more…]
Some people might call it bad luck, others would, I have little doubt, consider it bad management whereas others (possibly the majority) might even brand it as laziness. However you choose to view what happened, [more…]
A normal Sunday morning, or so one might think. The end of August is damp and fairly breezy up here in the hinterlands, but nothing out of the ordinary for the time of year. My [more…]
It’s easy to get a little bit despondent, especially if you spend too much time focusing on the stories of doom and gloom that are drip fed to us, on a daily basis, by the [more…]
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…]
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…]
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…]
It’s that time again; when we get so far into the season it’s hard to think of “interesting” things to write about where vegetables are concerned, that I haven’t already mentioned at least half a [more…]
I never enter the greenhouse these days without at least a sense of trepidation. The worst’s over, that much is clear and those plants which haven’t been totally ruined, even if they aren’t looking as [more…]
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