ruminate vb. to chew (the cud)
It's turned wet, hour after hour of drizzly rain, so not enough to fill Colliford Reservoir and get the threat of water restrictions lifted, but enough to keep this gardener indoors most of the week. On the whole, the garden is happy with it, though I'm seeing a lot of slugs and expect them to…
Our first NGS opening is on the 23rd but we had something of a dry run with a group from Liskeard on wednesday afternoon. It all went well, which was a relief. Having spent weeks coaxing things along and primping and preening it all, it's hard not to feel a bit flat afterwards. There's plenty…
It looks like yesterday morning's frost may be the last and that we are going to get slightly higher temperatures in the next week or two. We had a good bit of rain overnight but less seems to have found its way into my storage system than I would have liked. A lot of things…
We're off to get our jabs this morning, it feels almost like a day out, given that we are going to the Wadebridge Showground; twenty miles away, quite an outing. On top of a hill in North Cornwall when there are warnings out for rain and 50mph wind gusts forecast. Quite an outing. It's been…
On the 6th of May three years ago I somehow stumbled across the innaugural six on Saturday post by The Propagator and felt moved to respond. I may have missed a week somewhere in those three years, I really don't remember. It makes this my 156th six on Saturday post. Perhaps you think I should…
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