and finally it snowed…
The weather people have been promising for days and days, but FINALLY we got the heavy snow that Kevin and I have been waiting for. Here is the back garden this evening as the snow was falling. Hoping it won’t …
A cat’s doona
We bought a new doona* and barely got it on the bed before Merlyn claimed it as his. *Doona is the Aussie word for Duvet. I prefer Doona, it sounds snug and warm. Duvet sounds like Bidet, and well, I …
What I did over the winter break
Well it’s 2010 – happy new year to you! I hope you enjoyed a good winter (or summer) break. As someone who cannot stand Xmas (or sit Xmas either), I choose to view the forced holidays as a time for …
George’s showdown with the idiot Plimer
The other thing that did make me cheer with joy during this awful Copenhagen week was George Monbiot’s showdown with the idiot Australian* climate denier Ian Plimer on Oz news show Lateline (ABC, Oz equivalent to BBC). Watch George destroy …
Failure in Copenhagen
I have to say I’m pretty depressed about the outcome, or rather, lack thereof, at Copenhagen. I didn’t have high hopes for much, but thought developing countries might get something and there might be some effort for the world leaders …
Copenhagen – real news
COP15 is on right now. I must admit to not being that hopeful about a genuine deal in Copenhagen. Too many industry interests will be getting in the way of actually doing anything about climate change; they must maintain their …
Heritage Seed Library catalogue
My yearly catalogue from the Heritage Seed Library (HSL) came today and I’m rather excited to see I’m listed as a HSL Guardian I’m not sure I really qualify for the honour, as I’ve never officially asked to become a …
Guess who didn’t get to go to The Wave…
I didn’t make it to London for The Wave. Bollocky bollocks. My back has been bad recently so I was banned from going on the grounds that it was just starting to get better and therefore I was told that …
yay -o-yay it’s garlic planting day
FINALLY! Finally it wasn’t raining and I could get down to lottie and finish planting the remaining garlic. Besides those mentioned previously, I also planted some more common garlic, Solent Wight and Arno. Good bog-standard garlic, but not as exciting …
Pear trees
Yay, my pear trees have arrived! The two I chose were Beth and Onward. I got them from Deacon’s Nursery, but they don’t have pictures, hence the links to somewhere else. They pollinate around the same time, Beth’s a D …