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So spelling isn’t important?

Posted on January 6, 2026 by james

Then who wants to risk eating one of these? Not me. Prehensile tongue, anyone? Or should that be prehensile tongs?

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This sort of thing happens…

Posted on January 6, 2026 by james

… when you have over 100 years of combined tool-collecting in one place. Honestly, I’m really not sure where they all came from. Some are mine, some are my father-in-law’s, some possibly came from my mother-in-law’s brother and so on. … Continue reading →

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There are seven types of quark now?

Posted on January 6, 2026 by james

Up, down, top, bottom, strange, charm and…

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My take on the “polycrub”

Posted on January 6, 2026 by james

I came across the polycrub concept a few years back. It’s not hard to find examples on the interwebs, but simply put it’s a very robust and better insulated version of a polytunnel, originally developed for use on Shetland as … Continue reading →

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National Grid “oops!”

Posted on January 6, 2026 by james

Oh deary me. Does no-one use a proof-reader any more?

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These are not just logs…

Posted on January 6, 2026 by james

These are freshly-cut logs waiting to be impregnated with mushroom spawn. My first “vegetable”-growing experiment for this year. I have dowel spawn on order for Shiitake and Summer Oyster mushrooms which should arrive later this week. I can’t wait to … Continue reading →

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I see a Wolf Moon Rising

Posted on January 6, 2026 by james

At 4:27pm, apparently. Less than ten minutes after the Sun had set.

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Seeds are arriving

Posted on January 2, 2026 by james

Our New Year’s Eve post saw the arrival of the majority of the seeds for vegetables that I want to grow this year. As my vegetable plot expands (pretty much every year, it seems 🙂 I’m finding that I need … Continue reading →

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This makes me feel quite uneasy…

Posted on January 2, 2026 by james

It’s no secret that a significant number of people, even in “first world” countries, are struggling to feed themselves or having to make choices between buying food or heating their homes, or even feeding their children instead of themselves. I … Continue reading →

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New year, new start

Posted on January 1, 2026 by james

Well, it’s been quite some time since I last wrote anything. The second half of 2024 turned out to be exceptionally busy and then 2025 turned into the year from hell. More of that another time, perhaps. Quite a few … Continue reading →

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