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No dig diary, 16th May 2026

Posted on May 16, 2026 by james

My challenge today was to attend a family birthday celebration for an 80th, 46th and 12th without succumbing to drug-enforced sleep (which I managed, just), but before we left home I managed to get a small amount of sowing done. … Continue reading →

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What does this tell us?

Posted on May 16, 2026 by james

From the BBC’s coverage of Trump’s visit to China, the following quote from Trump caught my eye: I’m going to say I have to speak to the person that right now is, you know, you know who he is, that’s … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 15th May 2026

Posted on May 16, 2026 by james

I managed a bit of planting out today, dodging the rain showers. My in-laws had a flower bed that they’re no longer using. I’d planned on reorganising it over the Winter, but, well, blood pressure issues. So it didn’t happen. … Continue reading →

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A return to the workshop, part 8

Posted on May 16, 2026 by james

Not a great deal achieved today, but at least the two lower drawers now move easily. I had to trim about 0.5mm off the runner height using the table saw and the problems were all sorted.

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And again, DHL

Posted on May 16, 2026 by james

I had no idea these had been dropped off until someone else told me. Otherwise they’d have ended up out in the rain 🙁

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So they say

Posted on May 14, 2026 by james

this is a “posh” sandwich Really?! I can imagine quite a number of things that look less appealing, but I’d not want to eat any of them either. The photo is from Gail’s own website by the looks of it, … Continue reading →

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More BP meds side-effects

Posted on May 14, 2026 by james

I don’t feel the cold much. No sense, no feeling, as they say 😀 But since taking the BP meds I’ve been cold so often and just can’t get warm. My feet especially. I don’t understand why this should be, … Continue reading →

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This is what I want, kind of

Posted on May 14, 2026 by james

Human composting I’d actually just like to be chucked onto a compost heap and left to break down. None of this poncing about sending me off to have a company do it. Composting happens for free, after all. Just heave … Continue reading →

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Baby ladybirds!

Posted on May 14, 2026 by james

Poorly focused, but whilst I was watering today I noticed these on the leaf of a lettuce. I don’t know what variety they are. I’d normally associate them with Harlequin ladybirds, but I’ve seen so few of them this year … Continue reading →

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So they’ve spent all this money

Posted on May 14, 2026 by james

To build a high-speed railway that we quite possibly don’t actually need. Any now they’re talking about not having the trains running as fast as planned. In what world does this make sense, exactly?

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