Monthly Archives: August 2021

No dig diary, 15th August 2021

Posted on August 17, 2021 by james

It’s been a frustrating day here if you want to be outdoors. Every time I went outside it seemed to start raining 🙁 I did manage to get some sowing done though — lettuces, spinach and spring onions. I was … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 14th August 2021

Posted on August 17, 2021 by james

Whilst my plans were for today to be a sowing seeds day, as it happens it turned into a bit of a compost-making day. The hedges around part of our orchard were once traditional west country “earth bank” hedges, but … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 13th August 2021

Posted on August 17, 2021 by james

Last swim of the week again, and obviously it brought out something good in me. My 50s weren’t bad at all and the 25s were the fastest I’ve done since I got the new stopwatch (again), though I did miss … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 12th August 2021

Posted on August 17, 2021 by james

Failed to take the times off my stopwatch again today. Doh! Unlike two days ago however, they were nothing special 🙁

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Swimming, 10th August 2021

Posted on August 17, 2021 by james

Now today was just so much better 😀 I don’t understand at the moment why there can be so much variation between days, but today was the fastest I’ve ever done the 50m reps. Not by much, I’ll admit — … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 9th August 2021

Posted on August 17, 2021 by james

I struggled again today 🙁 The water still doesn’t feel the right temperature. I’m still very hot when I leave the sports centre which didn’t used to be the case. There’s nothing much to do but wait though. And I … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 8th August 2021

Posted on August 17, 2021 by james

Thanks to a very sudden attack of blight, I removed all the potato haulms today, but whilst my original intention was to leave the potatoes in the ground for another couple of weeks, in doing so I decided that I … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 7th August 2021

Posted on August 17, 2021 by james

I think I need some practice at plaits 🙂 That’s probably about a quarter of the garlic harvest this year. Perhaps a touch more, but not much. Despite the rubbish weather I have also been out in the garden a … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 6th August 2021

Posted on August 17, 2021 by james

Last swim of the week. Only three this week because the timetable has been changing too much 🙁 It didn’t feel good though. The lane was quite busy and I felt I was struggling to find a rhythm as a … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 4th August 2021

Posted on August 4, 2021 by james

Whilst the lifeguards told me the water was still at 30.2°C today, it definitely felt cooler in the pool than it has done for the last two weeks which was a huge relief. It really showed, too. My 50m times … Continue reading →

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