ruminate vb. to chew (the cud)
I finally have my new computer up and running. It's much the same but not the same, lots of little things are different, some of which can be changed to what I'm used to, some not. I might be getting too old to be swapping SSD's from one computer to another then diving into disk…
27°C here today for the second day in a row, not as hot as "up country" but pretty extraordinary for September, at least by historical standards. The upshot is that the garden is looking good with lots of colour and the autumn wind-down seemingly on hold. We went down to the Tremenheere plant fair last…
The speed at which these Saturdays come around is terrifying. It's not like I lead a busy life and there isn't a great deal needs doing in the garden just now. My allotment is a different matter but there's been just enough rain to provide an alibi for putting that off. Yet here we are…
The sky out the front window is black, it's raining, and the sun is shining brightly. Out the back the sky is blue. It's been that sort of day. The garden is beginning the long slide into autumn; pretty much all the gardening that can be done has been done but it's way to early…
Yet again, it's blowing a hoolie and chucking it down, at the end of a week when a couple of dry days were something to be very grateful for. I'm far from being on top of the mess that is my allotment, but it's better than it was. The garden has also had an early…
I just came back from my allotment where I noticed that a couple of my tomatoes have botrytis in the main stems, cutting off the top of the plants altogether. It's turned into that sort of summer. I was hoping to collect seed from my peas for next year but they rotted, I will likely…
Storm Antoni will be lashing the South West right through Saturday, just what we need. Remember back in June, when we getting desperate for rain? Rarely has the warning "be careful what you wish for" been so apposite. Grotty weather has made gardening all but impossible for quite a bit of this week, so I've…
Nearly another month down and with plenty of moisture the garden is slipping into its overblown stage where the paths become impassable and it doesn't seem sensible to try and keep any of it especially neat. Suits me fine. Not having to spend two or three hours a day watering has also added to my…
Oh dear, my short-list for this six is 13 items long. The garden has got its second wind, especially after a couple of weeks of cooler, wetter weather. We're open again this weekend, though the forecast for Saturday is pretty terrible so we're not expecting many people to turn up. I'm not much bothered, in…
St Swithun's day, or St Swithin if you prefer. I'm mildly impressed that someone has gone to the trouble of putting a detailed entry about him onto Wikipedia. He was the Bishop of Winchester from 852 to 863. He got credited with a whole bunch of miracles when they moved his remains on this day…
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