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Memory Lane, 18th March 2022

As I’ve just posted about sowing broad beans I can remind myself of how they were doing a little over six weeks from today, two years ago. I’d just planted them out. I can’t for the life of my remember … Continue reading

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No dig diary, 1st February 2024

I’ve ended up somewhat behind with stuff this Winter. Before Christmas my daughter and I both developed an ear infection that totally messed up my sense of balance for about a week and a couple of weeks ago I had … Continue reading

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The boys are back in town…

Well, nearly 🙂 It’s been six weeks shy of two years since I last posted. Why? Mostly because I just lost my computer mojo I think. I reached the point where I couldn’t face sitting in front of one and … Continue reading

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Swimming, 2nd May 2017

I was very late leaving for the pool today so I just got my head down and swam front crawl for the remainder of the session, making 2.5km in the end. It was a bit of a struggle too. Even … Continue reading

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Hatching plans

Today I’ve ordered some eggs to put in the incubator. We didn’t raise any chicks last year and we’re down to only a few hens now, so it’s about that time again. In fact if I left it any later … Continue reading

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Super pleased

After a number of false starts I finally got supers on the last of my hives today. It was my intention to do this a while back but then the weather turned quite cold (we went from shorts weather to … Continue reading

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Swimming, 1st May 2017

The pool was fairly busy today and quite a few people were lane-swimming so I stuck to front crawl. My plan was to do 2.5km, but when I’d done that I felt good for another 500m and after that I … Continue reading

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