Author Archives: james

Tonight Matthew, I am sewing machine repairman…

Posted on February 4, 2024 by james

Sewing machines… They work by magic, don’t they? My daughter has been using my wife’s machine to make clothes and bags from old unwanted material such as pairs of jeans and shirts that I no longer fit into: Unfortunately the … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 4th February 2024

Posted on February 4, 2024 by james

More seed sowing today. Red (I also have yellow) beetroot (Sanguina) sown four seeds to a cell in a twenty-cell module tray and a couple of similar trays of peas for shoots sown four seeds to a cell — I’d … Continue reading →

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A blast from the long-distant past

Posted on February 3, 2024 by james

Back when I was at school (slates, chalk, that sort of thing, you know…) the BBC Micro was a thing: one of the first home computers, based around the 6502 processor. Quite likely it’s responsible for setting the future direction … Continue reading →

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Memory Lane, 3rd April 2022: Green Onions

Posted on February 3, 2024 by james

Booker T and the MG’s, isn’t it, pop-pickers? Well, perhaps 🙂 Two years ago it was time to be planting out my onion seedlings. These had been sown on the 8th February, four seeds (ish) to a cell in module … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 3rd February 2024

Posted on February 3, 2024 by james

More chippping of apple tree prunings today. Nearly all done now, and would perhaps have been completely finished but I was too lazy to go and buy more fuel. Once that’s done I can chop down a few more sycamore … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 2nd February 2024

Posted on February 2, 2024 by james

My plan for today was to finish feeding all the brash from my apple trees through the chipper so it was all ready for making my flower and strawberry beds. I managed about half of it before some bits broke … Continue reading →

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Memory Lane, 2nd April 2022: Attack of the giant beetroot

Posted on February 2, 2024 by james

I think this must have been in one of the veggie beds for almost a year. It reached the point where I decided I couldn’t pick it and just had to leave it to see how big it would get. … Continue reading →

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3d printing for learning to play the violin

Posted on February 2, 2024 by james

Who knew? My niece is learning and her mum asked if this could be printed to help her with hand positioning. It’s a bit “stringy”. Put that down to old (and cheap) PLA. Apparently the idea is that the octopus … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 16th March 2022

Posted on March 16, 2022 by james

It’s been a grey and wet day today, so I chose not to do anything out in the open. I did however transplant my first batch of radishes (sown 13th February) and peas for shoots (sown 9th February) into the … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 14th March 2022

Posted on March 16, 2022 by james

I wasn’t able to swim yesterday because the centre was short of lifeguards again, so I turned up today wondering what it would be like after last Thursday’s disaster. As it turned out, the answer was not as bad as … Continue reading →

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