Mr Winter Man is Back
Such a cold, cold, bleak snap over the past several days. Snow down into the ‘burbs, biting, vicious winds. Not that I am particularly complaining, of course, because it is …
Such a cold, cold, bleak snap over the past several days. Snow down into the ‘burbs, biting, vicious winds. Not that I am particularly complaining, of course, because it is …
Although it is still winter, spring is on its way. We’re way past the midwinter solstice, and two nights ago I was struck by a beam of bright light from …
A few days ago I noticed my cc was debited from a bulb supplier. I couldn’t remember ordering anything from them. I could only hope that the parcel arrived on …
Ugh. I decided today to pop down into the front garden – which is mostly a bog garden – and whip out the six-foot-tall dead steams of last year’s Meadowsweet to put …
Still only July, but I continue to put things in place for my self-sufficiency project for 2010. My major task this winter has been the erecting and filling of seven …
The cats and I have been having fun with my … sorry, their … hay castle. Yesterday I completely dismantled it and spread hay out over orchard beds (having already raked out manure …
My cauliflowers are coming along nicely (unlike my green broccoli, which is growing small heads then bolting into flower), and this morning I thought I’d go out and pick a …
I suppose this is going to be an article about what I intend for this site, and a little insight into me. The origins of this site, and of where …
I have a very large enclosure system for the five cats – it keeps them safe (99.9% of my reason for keeping them indoors or in an enclosure, the other …
I think the first frost of each year really needs to be celebrated. This morning was the coldest of the year so far, under freezing (unusual for where I am) …