December 2008

Month in Pictures – December

December 31, 2008
Month in Pictures - December

  Life dried off a little for December and I managed to get down to the plot quite a few times. The grotty dark nights resulted in a couple of torchlit digging sessions but I also found myself shamed into a day of weeding after passing by on the train and noticing the big blocks off lush [...]

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Sprout Torment

December 25, 2008
Sprout Torment

I rose early enough today to make a quick detour to the plot to source a traditional array of Christmas dinner delights. The carrots may have been merely bite-sized but the parsnips have got to be world-record challengers. I got so carried away that I dug an entire bed of them. That should make for [...]

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Month in Pictures – October & November

December 6, 2008
Month in Pictures - October & November

  October and November were such washout months that I hardly got to the plot at all. When I did go down, the place seemed just a little too grim for photography and so here I am, left with a tiny handful of snaps with which to rustle up a double ”month in pictures” montage. The [...]

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Night Life

December 4, 2008
Night Life

I’ve been finding it difficult to find the time to get down to the plot recently, but faced with the prospect of yet another meal of tinned mushroom soup, I thought the time had come to rescue some of the remaining winter roots. Armed with 4 high power bike torches I headed down to the [...]

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