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March 8th   In 2011, to the derision of my son,  David gave me a birthday present of two strong professional gardeners to dig over my entire allotment, and clear it ready for the Spring planting. And very helpful that was … Continue reading →

March 4th. The most exciting thing in the garden which has happened lately has been inside the compost bins.  On the allotment I have four, in varying stages of decay and regeneration into usable material, and the first one, piled … Continue reading →

The last of three mini blogs from Uruguay: Two weeks ago,  Chris and I went on a multi-national trip up to see the world famous (I’d never heard of them before!) waterfalls on the border between Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina, … Continue reading →

Of all places, I was able to catch The Iron Lady in Montevideo, in English with Spanish subtitles. Very few people were in the cinema unit  to see it, but I went with a fellow ex-pat Mum, and we enjoyed … Continue reading →

Gentle readers, Uruguay is an amazing discovery of gentle urbanity and rolling farmland, that rolls, and rolls and rolls, as far as the eye can see.  . More European than Europe, Montevideo sits like a confortanble upmarket version of Bournmouth, … Continue reading →

Bright, crisp and clear February morning in Derbyshire. I have shaken off the winter sloth and resumed my story telling! Sorry to my few friends who were following the blog before and wondered what became of me,  and welcome to … Continue reading →

Bakewell Organic Garden members came on an evening visit to our allotment and garden on Tuesday evening. Very pleasant people, several with beards, enjoyed a ginger beer with me in our hut and looked round the various enterprises. Jayne’s side … Continue reading →

Years ago I took a holiday in Georgia (USA, not Caucacus), and walked round the museum exhibition which was there  about the Civil War (American not English!). The most poignant exhibit there, and one of the most affecting I have ever seen, … Continue reading →

Sorry gentle readers for a summer hiatus in the posts. I have been tunneling through a pile of work assessing and writing about the world’s children, and like mole, only occasionally make it to the surface!  But from next week … Continue reading →

A little bit of heaven in the allotment today.  made up of fragments of satisfaction, including; sitting with Jayne in the summerhouse while I explain to her that a mars bar is really all from  plants and can be included in … Continue reading →