What a relief to have a normal British summer’s day – often overcast and with temperatures in the lower 20’s (Celsius). We might even be lucky and get some actual rain at some point this week…
29 June 2026
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Month: June 2026
28 June 2026
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Hathern Open Gardens 2026
Jane and I finished the full set of open gardens this afternoon, including #14 (which didn’t get into the programme) and revisiting a few that I got a preview of on Friday evening. There was a wide variety on offer, … Continue reading
27 June 2026
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Community Events
Various types of community events were going on in Hathern today. One was the first day of this weekend’s “open gardens” events. Jane and I were helping at Hathern Baptist but also managed to tour a good number of gardens … Continue reading
26 June 2026
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Bike Brakes
This evening I need to get over to Hathern to represent the baptist church at a meeting about tomorrow’s Open Gardens event. We’ll be opening not as a garden (we’ve got a beautiful yew tree and quite a few plants … Continue reading
25 June 2026
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Komatsuna update
Looking back on the blog, I see I was planting out Komatsuna in early April. I’d bought it on spec and had never tried it before. My notes so far are that it has done well in the polytunnel and … Continue reading
24 June 2026
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Raspberry Season
I was down at the allotment early this morning to do some watering and decided to harvest the two or three ripe raspberries I could see. As I leaned into that I discovered quite a few more that were ready … Continue reading
23 June 2026
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First of the Hot Days
We’ve had the first of what is expected to be a run of extremely hot days. Day time wasn’t too bad although it does help that my job doesn’t get much more physical than tapping away on a computer keyboard. … Continue reading
22 June 2026
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White to Black
I popped up to the allotment early this morning to do some watering and thought I’d have a look at how my mooli were doing. Mooli, also known as daikon, is a long oriental radish that doesn’t have a lot … Continue reading
21 June 2026
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Survived
I’ve survived the second day of my music weekend. Earlier on today I was wondering if this evening’s double bass outing would be a step too far but it turned out to be less wearing on the fingers than the … Continue reading
20 June 2026
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A Long But Successful Day
It’s been a long day out on the boats with AVAST. We ended up playing four half-hour sets (back to the first pub again on the return journey) but travel by boat is not for those who are addicted to … Continue reading