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Yet again the oddness of living only a few tens of miles apart yet having plants behave completely differently... Our snowdrops have...

I forgot that I also sowed Hungarian Black chiles which are quite similar to japapenos, but, err, black :D I suspect that the black...

Happy birthday to me! Today is my thirtieth twenty-ninth birthday :D I think, anyhow. I've not really been keeping count for quite a...

Sowed lots of pepper/chile seeds this week: red and yellow Corno di Toro, chocolate and purple bell peppers, jalapenos, cayennes...

Adrian Wapcaplet? James

I read a suggestion recently to write on the roof after closing up. Then when everything is done in the apiary for that session, take a...

We're in a similar situation and often have "visiting" pheasants. I treat them as "ground game" with the air rifle. James

I so misunderstood! I thought he'd taken beers to Ireland and invented Guinness. James

I'm hoping so, too. I had intended to keep ours in the backup polytunnel if they needed to be housed, but Storm Darragh put paid to...

Definitely looks like the latter. I have a customer ID number in the letter, dated 18th September. James

I remember eating brawn as a child. I'm not sure it ever occurred to me to wonder where it came from (beyond "the market"). James

Thanks for posting it. I'm still not getting the notifications, and I'm definitely registered: I just checked and I have the...

The funny thing is... I've had real, proper flu twice in my life (as opposed to a bad cold). In both cases there were times when death...

Don't be dissing the dad jokes. In an increasingly unpredictable world they're an oasis of certainty and calm. Sometimes they're even...

The one time-consuming thing I haven't done so far this Winter is spread compost on the veggie beds. Sadly work has eaten too much of...