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Veg plot 2020, #29

Posted on October 3, 2020 by james

[21st August] After the winds of the last twenty-four hours our climbing beans are now more “sprawling” beans. A number of the canes have clearly snapped and they don’t look good at all. Not entirely surprising, perhaps. Canes probably aren’t … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 21st August 2020

Posted on October 3, 2020 by james

It was busy at the pool today. Probably more than I’ve seen it since the first day they were allowed to open. Every lane was at least half full. Despite that the fast lane was working pretty well and I … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 20th August 2020

Posted on October 3, 2020 by james

Right, off to the pool this lunchtime, bang out thirty reps of 50m at the same pace as earlier in the week, but five seconds less for the rest interval. Easy peasy! Err, no 😀 The first fifteen weren’t too … Continue reading →

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Veg plot 2020, #28

Posted on October 3, 2020 by james

[19th August] Whilst collecting veggies for this evening’s dinner I noticed that the courgettes are slowing down quite a bit. I don’t think the sudden rainfall has helped them at all and a few fruits had rotted from the flower … Continue reading →

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Veg plot 2020, #27

Posted on October 3, 2020 by james

[18th August] I have just ordered garlic bulbs and onion seeds to plant for next year, as well as some seeds for more hardy salad crops to try growing through the winter. We have plenty of scrap wood around so … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 18th August 2020

Posted on October 3, 2020 by james

Well, today was “interesting”. On the positive side the lifeguards were being much more proactive about moving people between lanes when they really didn’t fit in. I still needed to “make my own space” quite a bit though, and I … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 17th August 2020

Posted on October 3, 2020 by james

Having had a couple of weeks to get my gills wet, today I decided to return to swimming against the clock. Perhaps a bit ambitious, but I made it relatively easy for myself just to get a peg in the, … Continue reading →

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Veg plot 2020, #26 (and a bit of 2021)

Posted on October 3, 2020 by james

[16th August] This weekend the children “graded” all the potatoes, so they’re now separated into what’s suitable for baked potatoes, slightly smaller ones for chips and wedges and “the rest”. They also separated out all of the ones with wireworm … Continue reading →

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Veg plot 2020, #25

Posted on October 3, 2020 by james

[16th August] Disaster! Or perhaps even “Dis-Aster!” Around late April when I was weeding around the parsnips I found a sunflower seedling. I rather like sunflowers, so I decided to leave it to grow. And grow it did. And grow. … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 14th August 2020

Posted on October 3, 2020 by james

The slow chap in the fast lane was there again today 🙁 Doing backstroke, badly. Every time he passed under the flags he’d slow down even more and start turning his head to look for the wall. Gah! I gave … Continue reading →

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