Sat 05 Apr (7m ago)

What’s happened to England to make the weather this consistently good? No sign of it turning yet. Who needs a summer holiday in France or Spain with this weather? I went to my field first thing on Monday before the jet lag had time to react.

Sat 29 Mar (7m ago)

I’ve just got back from holidays, having had a lot of chill time, a little bit of knitting and lots of planning and thinking. My mittens are done, and I had enough spare yarn to make a headband to go with it. It’s not my best project; the second mitten is

Sat 15 Mar (7m ago)

I spent one day on the field this week spreading out more mulch, around my garlic this time and in the hedge line. The mulch pile is now gone and I’ve spread the leftovers neatly in situ, which will become a potential car parking space. I also bought an a

Sat 08 Mar (8m ago)

I was back in business this week. Sickness is gone, energy is back, and I made three visits to the field. The garlic is now about 10cm high, and the onions are sprouting. I should mulch around the garlic to protect them a bit.

Sat 01 Mar (8m ago)

I paid the price for the “hard work in the field” two weeks ago. I’ve been ill with flu and a cough for almost two weeks, but it’s finally on its way out. I haven’t been that much progress on projects while I’ve been ill and on holiday . Next week I’ll ho

Sat 15 Feb (8m ago)

Last week I had some awesome progress on the field. First I installed the stake storage; I positioned it a bit further down the field rather than next to my other storage boxes. The locals and the council are reasonably opinionated about what you put on t

Sat 08 Feb (9m ago)

The storage box was finished early in the week, including a few coats of weather protection. It all came together really nicely, except the lid… Which weighed a lot on its own and I couldn’t figure out how to attach it to the box… How do you hold at least

Sat 01 Feb (9m ago)

This week was a week of woodworking, the business of wood. Only one splinter was gotten. The timber delivery arrived on Monday afternoon, so I got started on Tuesday. I made the two smaller frames for the sides. Wednesday I didn’t manage to do much, but I