by admin | Dec 1, 2024 | Uncategorized
No progress has been made in the pursuit of an alternative supplier of organic mushrooms. In fact it has been quite depressing to discover that there appears to almost be a cartel of mushrooms growers that have stitched up the market. Every enquiry that I have made...
by admin | Nov 24, 2024 | Uncategorized
What is going on with the weather? It’s completely nuts. For most of last week I was freezing cold, scraping ice from the van and turning the water off overnight in the greenhouse to avoid burst pipes, trussed up in multiple layers looking like an extra in one...
by admin | Nov 17, 2024 | Uncategorized
I returned from my weekend trip to the Peak District just over an hour ago. I’ve had a nice cup of tea and a luxurious hot shower and I now feel refreshed, if a little tired. It wasn’t a late night of debauchery – far from it, I was in bed by 10.30!...
by admin | Nov 10, 2024 | Uncategorized
Well, it was an exciting morning at the farmers’ market at Wyken yesterday. I had just about finished setting up my stall when one of the other stallholders, April, approached me clutching a bundle of something close to her chest. Wrapped up in her cardigan was...
by admin | Nov 3, 2024 | Uncategorized
This is probably going to be my shortest ever blog. I’m just not in the mood for it, call it writer’s block if you like. Yeah, that’s it, writer’s block. My mind is blank and I can’t be bothered to sit here for hours thinking of things to...
by admin | Oct 27, 2024 | Uncategorized
Anyone for a game of noughts and crosses? This was the sky whilst out on the Sunday morning dog walk. What a cracking day….and the first of Greenwich Mean Time too. More of this please. The downside? Oh yes, there has to be a downside – sunset just after...