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@Allotment Boy good that you got your rhubarb mulched, if the cow muck is well rotted it will be fine.

No, they are better with naked eye, sort of colourful clouds but obviously not clouds. There's no humidity involved as with coloured clouds that take their shades from droplets reflecting light, it's the air itself that takes colour, shapes and movement.They are best when seen outdoors, then...

Got to the plots today, as it was bright but very breezy postponed the winter wash (spray) on the fruit trees. Weeded the Rhubarb and the Asparagus. Got some manure spread on the Rhubarb, with difficulty as in spite of the heap being covered, the muck is very very wet and heavy. The ground is...

A few bubble bee's about this morning

I made a batch of rock cakes in the airfryer as an experiment. They came out very well. Unfortunately it does mean I’ll probably make them more often, as I no longer have to put the oven on. Just eaten two of them to test. Not going to do my weight any good.

A few sunny spells but mostly cloudy, felt cold in the wind even though it was 10c

Good news for your mother @Badly_Maintained The road through our village was gridlocked because of the resurfacing roadworks, so I did not venture to art. I carried on clearing out the cupboards instead. I have to admit, that I seem a bit of a hoarder. First, there was the Brexit stash of...

So have they started yet?

On these cold evenings, Munchkin likes to pretend she is a log ...

I had this in real life.I was doing my stint of "Introduction to work" at 15 in a senior open day centre where free seniors could come for a communal lunch or just hang around the inmates.During the lunch service I was asked to take a tray to "John". Scanning the 100-ish crown of seniors I...

I also enjoyed all 3 episodes.I only wish the really sad story behind Schreber and the Schrebergarten idea would be mentioned in these gardening programs. Don't use the English page in Wikipedia but if your browser allows, use the translation from the German page: Moritz Schreber –...

Well, I googled it. Didn't get much past chellation. I'll just accept it as magic

After a several -5cs and gale force winds these last two weeks, the Acacia lost loads of buds and turned some leaves brown. The Calothamnus has brown tips too and the small pink Echium bought in the Summer looks dead. We still have February to get through!