November 2008

Winter Roots

November 9, 2008
Winter Roots

I woke at the crack of dawn, dreaming of crunchy roast potatoes. Fortunately I didn’t have a stash of Kerr’s Pink in the flat or I think I would have been chomping away long before 5am. Not one to delay gratification for too long, I waited for daylight and then headed down to the plot [...]

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Reputation Preceeds Me

November 4, 2008
Reputation Preceeds Me

I had a phone call this morning reminding me that this was the perfect week to hide my abyssmal firestarting skills. What better than bonfire night (week) to hide a terribly smokey attempt at a fire/smouldering embarassment? Having received much advice of the paraffin/petrol variety, I thought I was assured a bonfire of truly gargantuan [...]

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