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No dig diary, 12th March 2022

Posted on March 16, 2022 by james

No sowing today. Mostly I’ve been thinning the hedge alongside our polytunnel to stop it shading the tunnel quite so much. Not much time left for doing this sort of stuff now. Spring hasn’t arrived here yet, but driving into … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 10th March 2022

Posted on March 16, 2022 by james

I wasn’t feeling particularly great yesterday — I think I must have slept awkwardly and woke up with a stiff neck and shoulder, so I didn’t swim. I probably shouldn’t have bothered today. It was dire 🙁 Less said the … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 7th March 2022

Posted on March 7, 2022 by james

Well, what a blinding session… Four people in the fast lane including myself, some swimming a good deal slower than I was, but nobody happened to be in the way at any crucial point during my 50m set and I … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 6th March 2022

Posted on March 7, 2022 by james

I had a bit of a scrappy start to today’s session. It took me a few reps of my 50m set to get into the groove at which point I completely lost it again because someone told their child to … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 5th March 2022

Posted on March 6, 2022 by james

There was a little more sowing to be done today. Mostly tomatoes, but also some Romanesco Cauliflower. This year I’m trying Apero, Olivade, Costoluto Fiorentino (seed left over from last year) and Amish Paste tomatoes, together with some random red … Continue reading →

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Smoke #4

Posted on March 6, 2022 by james

We’ve eaten all the smoked cheese from my previous experiments which were certainly considered a success, so it is time to try some more. I’ve read that as far as cheddar is concerned it really makes no odds whether it’s … Continue reading →

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A short-distance hive move

Posted on March 4, 2022 by james

I’ve been needing to move a couple of colonies from my old apiary site on one side of the house to a new site on the other side of the house for a while and planned to have it all … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 3rd March 2022

Posted on March 4, 2022 by james

Bit of a scrappy day today. There were a couple of other swimmers in the fast lane who were significantly slower than me which made things a bit awkward and to add to my troubles I was actually feeling quite … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 2nd March 2022

Posted on March 4, 2022 by james

Another really good day today, at least as far as my 50m set was concerned. Like the previous session I still had one failure, but this time on rep fourteen rather than rep ten. I was completely exhausted by the … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 28th February 2022

Posted on February 28, 2022 by james

Another quiet day in the fast lane after being busy for several weeks. Most of the time there were three of us, but for some of it only two. I reduced my interval by five seconds and was expecting it … Continue reading →

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