Monthly Archives: February 2024

Memory Lane, 21st July 2022: A tale of two garlics

Posted on February 26, 2024 by james

Towards the end of 2021 I planted garlic cloves out in the main vegetable plot as well as in the polytunnel beds so I could compare how they did. Not very well was the answer in the case of the … Continue reading →

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A bit agricultural?

Posted on February 26, 2024 by james

Thanks to the new lathe that is occupying space in the workshop I have been trying to shift things around a bit to make some more space to work, including moving some to the centre of the room to allow … Continue reading →

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Memory Lane, 20 July 2022: Spuds’n’onions

Posted on February 25, 2024 by james

Early harvests from this season: New potatoes ready to go. Red onions, spread out to dry in the Sun. I know that looks like a lot of onions, but they won’t last us the year. I shall plant more next … Continue reading →

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Damn! It’s heavy!

Posted on February 25, 2024 by james

Yesterday… Today… Still to do is the installation of the motor and bolting everything down. After that I think we’re good. I might have to have a glance through the 1969 copy of “Know Your Lathe” that came with it, … Continue reading →

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Single use plastic for seeds? Really?

Posted on February 25, 2024 by james

My wife gave me a packet of petunia seeds that she’d like me to sow for her today. I was a little confused because there was clearly something lumpy and hard inside the packet. When I opened it I found … Continue reading →

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Memory Lane, 17th July 2022: I can see you!

Posted on February 24, 2024 by james

My next little tablesaw/woodworking project: clear, insulated crownboards for beehives. More box joints for these, to make up a box about 60mm deep. Then a sheet of clear polycarbonate on the bottom, held in place around the sides by a … Continue reading →

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Having a bit of a turn

Posted on February 24, 2024 by james

A few weeks back I picked up a new (to me) lathe: a Boxford ME10 (which is not even remotely new; more likely an antique) converted to single-phase. Fitting it into the workshop in its final place is going to … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 24th February 2024

Posted on February 24, 2024 by james

Sowing day again! Not that much this weekend though: calabrese, red cabbage, more antirrhinums and more ammi majus. The rain has reached quite depressing levels here. I think we’ve had at least double the long-term average rainfall for February, even … Continue reading →

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Memory Lane, 6th July 2022: Ouch!

Posted on February 23, 2024 by james

Ahem. Beekeepers may find it easy to guess how this happened 😀 I have a couple of colonies that are, shall we say… a little feisty. I shall be doing something about them as soon as possible. I normally wear … Continue reading →

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Fun (and irritation) with Qt Designer

Posted on February 23, 2024 by james

I’ve been lining up a possible new project today, thanks to stalling a bit on the work I was doing on Deep Sky Stacker. It’s more C++/Qt development, but in this case I thought I’d try to create the entire … Continue reading →

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