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No dig diary, 31st August 2021

Posted on September 8, 2021 by james

Last winter I grew salad leaves in the greenhouse, in mushroom trays lined with newspaper and filled with compost. This year I intend to plant most of the plants for winter salads in the polytunnel and no-dig greenhouse once the … Continue reading →

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Something for the veg plot in 2022?

Posted on September 8, 2021 by james

I’ve largely resigned myself to the idea of having to net all of my brassicas next year to stop the butterflies getting at them, so my plan was to wait until spring and buy some butterfly net then. However, by … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 31st August 2021

Posted on September 8, 2021 by james

Well, let’s hope the last day of the month signals a time for change because I’ve had enough of not swimming as well as I know I can. I think I’ll leave it at that 🙂

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Swimming, 30th August 2021

Posted on September 8, 2021 by james

Another poor performance today. This is starting to get quite frustrating 🙁

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No dig diary, 30th August 2021

Posted on September 8, 2021 by james

Today I harvested eight of my sweetcorn to see how they looked. They’re not quite as golden yellow as I’d hoped, but either my eyesight is going a bit strange or they actually appeared to be turning more yellow as … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 29th August 2021

Posted on September 8, 2021 by james

It’s been rather autumnal here this holiday weekend and I’ve been out in the garden a bit, planting out the last of my brassicas (PSB and spring cabbage which were really only “spares” anyhow, but since I have the space…). … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 27th August 2021

Posted on September 8, 2021 by james

Another day with nothing positive to report 🙁 I don’t know why I’m struggling so much at the moment. Just got to get through it, I guess.

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Swimming, 26th August 2021

Posted on September 8, 2021 by james

Another difficult day 🙁 I didn’t seem to do any better than two days ago, so sadly that wasn’t a one-off. I’ve been forgetting to grab the times off my stopwatch, too. Must try harder.

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No dig diary, 24th August 2021

Posted on September 8, 2021 by james

Woohoo! I shall not be entirely without chiles after all this year. Jalapenos: and Cayennes: Ok, so it may not be many, and they may not ripen until they’re red, but I’ll take that if I just get something to … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 24th August 2021

Posted on September 8, 2021 by james

Having reduced my rest interval so the overall rep interval for my 50m reps is now 80s, I really struggled today. I’ve no idea why, but I was all over the place, anything up to 3s per rep slower than … Continue reading →

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