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There is an online Flash video that my husband used to find amusing, and that I was reminded of last night when I thought back at what had happened. The relentless pace of the season’s rhythms, and the sudden, unexpected (both good and bad, although it feels mostly bad) popping up here & there when…

If I thought it was time to store away the March & April sowing seeds I was in for a surprise. Arriving at the allotment yeasterday I saw the leaves of some self- seeded potatoes were dark green, dehydrated and flat on the ground: my brain started computing on such new evidence: herbicide maybe? A…

The damselflies are out (although I found 2 dead in the water and only one drying out on a grass blade – it must be a very delicate phase emerging from the nymph body) and there are tadpoles some 2 cm long! By the end of the day I found four damselflies alive, at different…

… that I am in desperate need of a massive sowing session, but instead I spent my time today clearing out weeds and any overgrown grass, so that the allotment looks spotless. I haven’t even had time to plant my newly arrived organic plants (the ones I ordered when I decided to support organic growers more). So, nothing…

I am back after a week or so and all the celery that I planted out is gone, all but one (ONE) seedling – no remains whatsoever so it was slugs, the mean slimy creatures – regret saying that their activity was less than usual… I have also lost all my tomatillos in the greenhouse to…

Today we planted out a few small trees and shrubs in the nursery beds, where they will grow on for some three years before they are ready for their final destination. They will be watered with a drip line and fed once a  month from March to October. For this task, I was joined again…