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Swimming, 2nd November 2020

Posted on November 2, 2020 by james

Well, the impending lockdown seems to have brought out all the people who haven’t been swimming since the last one ended. I think there were more people at the pool for my session today than I’ve seen since the day … Continue reading →

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Must have been a bit breezy last night…

Posted on November 2, 2020 by james

When I went for a stroll around the garden at lunchtime I noticed some panes of glass missing from the end of the greenhouse. Closer inspection suggests that the wind must have flexed the frame of the greenhouse sufficiently to … Continue reading →

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Veg plot 2021: Composting beds again

Posted on November 1, 2020 by james

After I ran out of light yesterday I’d not quite finished with the beds I was spreading compost on. Last night the forecast was for rain all day today, but this morning it was all change (quelle surprise!) with only … Continue reading →

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Veg plot 2021: More seeds

Posted on October 31, 2020 by james

This weekend I’ve been working through the list of what I want to grow next year and finding out where I can get the seeds I want. I placed an order for some seeds on Friday, mostly so I could … Continue reading →

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Swimming 2020, not much more left :(

Posted on October 31, 2020 by james

I had a couple of days off swimming at the tail end of last week, mainly because the timings of sessions had changed for half term and what was available didn’t fit in very well with work and other things … Continue reading →

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Veg plot 2021: Composting more beds

Posted on October 31, 2020 by james

The weather has been fairly poor today thanks to a storm that I’ve already forgotten the name of, but I managed to get outside for a couple of hours this afternoon and started spreading out the remainder of our own … Continue reading →

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Veg plot 2020: Second pick of winter salads

Posted on October 30, 2020 by james

I’m genuinely surprised I could do this so soon after the first (only five days), but the plants are growing nicely at the moment and even the mustards that were planted a little later than the rest had something to … Continue reading →

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No dig polytunnel #2

Posted on October 30, 2020 by james

Yesterday we moved a trailer full of compost into the tunnel and spread it down the cleared side to make a bed about two feet six inches wide (it’s easier to work in imperial for this because it’s a fourteen … Continue reading →

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No dig polytunnel #1

Posted on October 29, 2020 by james

Yesterday we began work on converting the polytunnel to “no dig”. It’s a little tricky at the moment as there are still plants in some of the beds, but fortunately they’re all on one side of the tunnel and the … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 27th October 2020

Posted on October 27, 2020 by james

Well, today was a bit of a disaster. Again I struggled a bit, but there were three slower swimmers in the lane (two significantly slower) which made the entire thing a bit of a mess. I swam over someone several … Continue reading →

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