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Author Archives: james
Veg plot 2020: Multi-sown radishes
I mentioned recently that I sowed some spare radish seeds in modules right at the end of September, four seeds to a module. A month later I transplanted the modules into the first new no-dig bed in the polytunnel. The … Continue reading
Dib! Dib! Dib!
Well, ok, just the one will do. Inspired by Charles Dowding’s long-handled dibber that he uses for planting out module-grown plants in his no-dig plots, I decided I’d make one of my own. Unfortunately the only broken fork/spade handle I … Continue reading
So, apparently deer like beetroot?
Or the leaves, at least. Whilst I was wandering through the veggie plot a couple of days back I noticed that all the leaves had disappeared from the beetroot. We have a few regular visitors, but none that could make … Continue reading
Veg plot 2020: A fistful of leaves
The menu for this week required some salad leaves and whilst my wife was prepared to (horror!) buy something, I was determined to see what I could pull together from the winter salads even though it has only been ten … Continue reading
Swimming, 18th December 2020
Same set as yesterday for today, but fortunately my lane was a little quieter and I was a bit more on the ball with the timings. I managed to get through the 50m set with no failures though I can’t … Continue reading
Swimming, 17th December 2020
So, a new set today: 20 x 50m, target time 55s, interval 85s recovery 16 x 25m, target time 21s, interval 60s (or as many reps as there are time for) Actually it didn’t go too badly at all. I … Continue reading
Swimming, 15th December 2020
After yesterday’s unimpressive performance, today’s was much better and back on a par with last Friday. I can be happy with that. No swimming tomorrow, but on Thursday I’ll knock five seconds off the interval and see how things go.
Swimming, 14th December 2020
After a fairly busy weekend I wasn’t really in the mood to push myself harder today, so I decided I’d swim the same set as last time. Perhaps just as well, as it turned out: the 50m reps were a … Continue reading
Swimming, 11th December 2020
I skipped Thursday as I wasn’t feeling great at all and as I didn’t really know how things were going to go I stuck with the same session plan as earlier in the week. It all went pretty well really. … Continue reading
Veg plot 2020: Baby leaves only
Nine days since my last pick of the winter salads and the growth rate has really dropped off a cliff. I went to pick what I could earlier today and got at most a couple of small leaves from each … Continue reading