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Memory Lane, 3rd January 2023: Christmas T-shirts

Gifts from my children. And so appropriate that it’s almost a shame to wear them when they might get damaged 😀

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Feeling a bit low

As I posted yesterday, this was how the current compost heap looked on Sunday evening. I threw a bit more stuff on and today buried a couple of dead rats in it, but having had forty-eight hours to get going, … Continue reading

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Get it while it’s hot!

As we put a lot of material into the compost heap this weekend I thought I’d check the temperature. I really ought to find some convenient way to use at least some of that heat, but this far I don’t … Continue reading

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Quick! Mow the grass!

The grass has been growing steadily this winter thanks to the relatively mild temperatures and it’s generally been way too wet to mow it, so the lawn and grass in the vegetable plot were starting to look like a jungle. … Continue reading

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No dig diary, 1st April 2024

Well, the weather was playing me for a fool today. I decided to fill the trailer with green waste compost again and mix it with my own compost before spreading it on one of the beds. No sooner had I … Continue reading

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More for the compost heap

My daughter mowed the grass again today. The second time this season and it’s still March! It is growing astonishingly fast. She had a decent trailer full of clippings despite cutting it only last weekend and only doing half the … Continue reading

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No dig diary, 27th March 2024

The weather still isn’t on my side 🙁 This afternoon has been wet and windy, but before it got too bad I did at least get a few more wheelbarrows of compost spread on the beds in the veg plot. … Continue reading

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No dig diary, 26th March 2024

It appears that I may have an muscle injury impinging on a nerve for my left arm, which has slowed me down today. On the positive side it doesn’t really stop me doing anything, but it is constantly nagging at … Continue reading

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More grass to the compost

And my son’s GCSE notes, as it happens. Poor weather is forecast for tomorrow so it was a major rush just to get through a first cut of all the grass today. But we managed it. Sadly, whilst I was … Continue reading

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The compost bins will now start filling up

Despite the fact that it’s still more than a week to the start of April it’s become necessary to start cutting some of the grass which has grown ridiculously long over the mild Winter. During the same period the compost … Continue reading

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