Author Archives: james

I suspect a “brushing” scam

Posted on May 7, 2021 by james

Someone I know (not me, honest) received this item in the post today. No return address or indication of the sender or vendor. I suspect it might be connected with a “brushing” scam, in which case other than the usual … Continue reading →

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There’s coriander, and then there’s coriander

Posted on May 6, 2021 by james

The photo below is from the polytunnel, where I planted eight coriander plants from early sowings, four either side of some dill. All of these plants were sown in the same module tray and transplanted at the same time, but … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 6th May 2021

Posted on May 6, 2021 by james

Whilst I was out swimming this afternoon, a delivery arrived that was schedule for this morning. Six more tonnes of green waste compost, now just about covered by an 8m x 5m tarpaulin. Most of it will probably sit there … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 6th May 2021

Posted on May 6, 2021 by james

Despite reducing my interval time to 85 seconds on Monday, today was really my first session that I could do properly and it went ok. I completed all twenty 50m reps, though it was getting tough towards the end. I … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 4th May 2021

Posted on May 5, 2021 by james

I thought two of us were going to have the lane to ourselves today, but a couple of other swimmers arrived slightly late and I lost track of where I was whilst we were shuffling ourselves about. The dream continues … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 3rd May 2021

Posted on May 5, 2021 by james

I don’t usually do bank holiday swimming sessions, but given the more formal arrangements for lanes etc. at the moment I thought I’d give it a go today. There were only two of us using the fast lane at the … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 2nd May 2021

Posted on May 2, 2021 by james

The tomatoes and calendula appear to have survived happily enough in the polytunnel over the last week or more, so I decided today to finish planting the rest out (I only did half the bed last time, “just in case”). … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 1st May 2021

Posted on May 2, 2021 by james

Things have been quite slow recently because of the weather. I have lots of plants waiting to be planted out, but we’re still getting frosts overnight and the air temperature is even getting below freezing in the early hours of … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 30th April 2021

Posted on May 2, 2021 by james

Curiouser and curiouser, said Alice… I wasn’t expecting much today having had another poor night’s sleep as well as my muscles still feeling a bit tired from yesterday. There were three other people in the lane, one of whom in … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 29th April 2021

Posted on May 2, 2021 by james

It’s strange how these things go… Some days you just can’t get anywhere near where you know you can be, some others you exceed your expectations by miles. I’ve not been sleeping particularly well this week. Often I’ve been quite … Continue reading →

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