Monthly Archives: April 2024

I just can’t help it…

Posted on April 15, 2024 by james

I see this… but I can’t help thinking this… Has anyone ever seen them both in the same room?

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A bit of sorting out in the apiary

Posted on April 15, 2024 by james

Despite the high winds and horizontal rain showers I decided that today would be a good day to sort through kit in the apiary and work out if there was anything more I needed as I got around my apiaries … Continue reading →

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Quick! Mow the grass!

Posted on April 15, 2024 by james

The grass has been growing steadily this winter thanks to the relatively mild temperatures and it’s generally been way too wet to mow it, so the lawn and grass in the vegetable plot were starting to look like a jungle. … Continue reading →

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Separated at birth?

Posted on April 15, 2024 by james

Not quite, but it’s been irritating me that I was reminded of someone I couldn’t place every time she’s been in the news recently.

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New old strawberries

Posted on April 15, 2024 by james

Whilst on the topic of strawberries, I’ve also now dug all of the remaining plants out of the old raised strawberry bed. I think there are around fifty in total. They’ve all been put into individual pots and as many … Continue reading →

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Is it Wimbledon already?

Posted on April 15, 2024 by james

I decided to remove the fleece that I’ve had over the new strawberry plants now the weather is a little warmer. Mostly it was there to keep the deer off whilst they got established anyhow. All the plants are looking … Continue reading →

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Memory Lane, 11th December 2022: Don’t they come from the sea?

Posted on April 11, 2024 by james

Is what everyone I’ve shown these to says. I don’t know why. It seems to be a very common misconception, and one that I shared myself for a long time. Regardless I have now peeled and removed the flesh and … Continue reading →

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Corporate musings

Posted on April 11, 2024 by james

I’ve never really considered it before and I’m not entirely sure when it started, but since I’ve been looking for work this time around it’s struck me that there is an entire group of people, I guess we could call … Continue reading →

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BT are utterly bloody useless, part 3

Posted on April 11, 2024 by james

I had a few things to get done today, but this afternoon decided to give creating a new account another go. Same problem as ever: the email address I was using was already set up somewhere else. So, as I’ve … Continue reading →

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Not sure I can repair these two…

Posted on April 11, 2024 by james

My last two wooden brood boxes that I’d put aside to repair — for the last few years they’ve been home to a colony that swarmed into them when they were stacked up full of frames that I was intending … Continue reading →

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