Has anybody had one? Local hornets and fruit flies have enjoyed those few which past the soggy weather and late frosts while I've had to content myself with a rather disappointing punnet of Spanish gages.
For this post, out first variety is Persimmon – Hira-tanenashi. It is an
аstringent variety and the fruits should be
The post Just a few more Fruit varei...
I did not intend to disappear for so long! In early October I was putting
the finishing touches on a cake that manages to incorporate 2.5 pounds of
apple...
[image: Tomatoes on my patio allotment]
I've run a couple of tomato trials this year. The first is a revisit of the biochar
trial with Oxford Universit...
We've had the moth trap for around 10 months, though much of that was
winder and a very cold spring. Moth identification is very difficult. Even
within ...
In my new job working at my local plant nursery I get to wander around the
greenhouses during my lunch break. And I have to admit that I am developing
a Be...
Companion Beneficial for Benefit Basil Tomatoes, aubergines, most fruit
Attracts aphids from primary crops, also said to improve the flavour of
tomatoe...
There are annual spicy plants that you can grow very easily and quickly.
Literally within 2-3 weeks, mustard, coriander and arugula will already
give spi...
The weekly market at Kotpad, which takes place on Tuesdays
Odisha is billed as one of India's best-kept secrets, but in reality, it is
one of the nation's...
I bought a pomegranate tree about 7 years ago. It spent a couple of years
in a pot and then I planted it out to a spot that gets a reasonable amount
of aft...
Riding the D010 along Turkey's Black Sea coast The 1,200 miles across
Turkey was a good time for reflection. The days were warm and the nights
cool. Most o...
Blogging feels very retro these days. I started this blog in 2009 and then
abandoned it in 2012 and lately I've been thinking about getting back on it
agai...
Amazing how we grow and evolve. We follow our passions and goals; they
evolve and come in and out of focus. For example, I started this blog
because I l...
There’s no denying that when you live in a place you often don’t make an
effort to visit many of its attractions, probably because you think that
there wil...
First time a bait hive has worked for me. I have swarms arrive and take up
residence in piles of bee boxes, where they weren't welcome, but never into
a p...
Joseph Strutt, *A Complete View of the Dress and Habits of the People of
England*, First published in 1796, reprinted, 1841.
From this terrific yellow cov...
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