Pottering

To be or not to be – that is the question

June 29, 2009
To be or not to be - that is the question

The Organic question at least. I’ve been somewhat troubled down the plot recently. For example, what is it with the blackflies this year? I whipped my broad beans out really early, in fact almost before I’d had the first crop, because the flies were depressing me, but now the runner beans have got it bad. [...]

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Blunt Trauma

February 20, 2009
Blunt Trauma

I rounded the corner whistling away to a tune on the iPod and came face to face with this scene of blunt trauma nastiness. Blasted vandals. Not worth getting upset about it though and as my trangia and ‘room of one’s own’ mug were still intact, I managed to start the whistling again. I ignored [...]

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Amanita Fears

January 19, 2009
Amanita Fears

I went to the plot this weekend with the intention of digging over acres of land ready for mammoth spud burying activities on Good Friday but the ground was too soggy for me to bother. I did a bit of shed tidying instead and laid out a load of the bargain seed potatoes that Dad [...]

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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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Little Helper

August 25, 2008
Little Helper

I escaped to the coast for most of the bank holiday to get some essential swimming prep under my belt, but today I was free to catch up on some much needed admin on the plot. All the spuds have been dug and bagged, the mid summer peas have been ripped up and the gasping [...]

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Soggy July Evening

July 9, 2008
Soggy July Evening

It’s been pouring with rain fairly solidly for last 3 days but perversely I had to go down to the plot this evening to do some watering. That’s the trouble of having some crops under cover. The plot looked satisfyingly lush and the seed heads were majestic. I left absolutely soaked but satisfied with my [...]

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Plain Shed, Colourful Bike

July 2, 2008
Plain Shed, Colourful Bike

Thanks for all the graffiti advice in the comments to the last post. I took the train to the plot at the weekend and discovered that every single flat surface (mostly sheds) facing the platform had been scrawled over with the silver spray paint. It looked a bit grim and so I decided that the [...]

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Hardly a Banksy

June 27, 2008
Hardly a Banksy

So, what do I do? Re-paint or leave?

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