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Sat 11 Jan (20m ago)

Hard Work and Cold Weather

The first full week back after Christmas and New Year was a cold one. Around 0 degrees and below pretty much most of the week. I had made some progress on my new Grobbendonk jumper on the weekend, but by Monday I decided I needed to restart.



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Sat 04 Jan (20m ago)

New Year Round Up

It’s been a productive week as we roll into the new year. I planted my box of garlic, which took just a few hours, for maybe 500 heads of garlic?



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Sat 28 Dec (21m ago)

Christmas Week

This week has been relatively quiet, we had three dinners this Christmas week so a lot centered around food, as most people probably had.



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Sat 21 Dec (21m ago)

A Spot of Spinning

A week of progress has transpired as I finished planting the hedges. It took a total of 4 days, 3 hours per day to complete. I definitely felt a peaceful sense of accomplishment when it was all done on Monday.



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Sat 14 Dec (21m ago)

Digging is Life

It’s definitely winter now, this week was very gloomy, the right weather for that eerie, overcast, colourless winter scene. It can be quite enchanting in a park or outdoors, but mostly depressing in the city.



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Sat 07 Dec (21m ago)

A Cold Start in December

It has been some time since my last newsletter… a long holiday abroad is the main reason for it and while I did bring along my knitting, not much else happened in the craft avenue of my life.



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Sat 02 Nov (23m ago)

End of October Slow Week

It was a slow week last week, not too much progress. I’m taking a short break from the field for a few weeks, now there is not much prepping left to do before the hedges and trees come in.



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Sat 26 Oct (23m ago)

Woodchip Work and a Plywood Planter

Last Saturday I borrowed a palm router, which opened up the possibility of making grooves for drawers and such, so I go to work on cutting down my final large plywood board of 6mm thickness. It’s the thinnest board, and really just supposed to be used for



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