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Early on Tuesday evening, we had what seems like our first rain in ages. The drizzly rain continued into the early hours of Wednesday morning. It wasn’t a great amount moving our monthly total up from 0.8 to 4.4mm or …

The weather continues to be sunny and dry. The last few days have been warmer but the wind is still from a cold easterly direction. Today, Tuesday, 28 April 2020 has started off dull, cloudy and cool. The forecast is …

For some time now I’ve been thinking about removing a load of watercress from the pond. Our poor fishes haven’t had much open water for a while. Although it’s been nice and sunny, a cold wind has taken the edge …

You’ll know if you follow our blog posts that, thanks to Adobe, we can no longer manage our web sites. They didn’t give us any notice, just pay up £40 each month or we are cutting you off as of …

After some lovely warm sunny days it’s suddenly turned much colder. The overnight temperature fell to -1.3°C (29.7°F) in the early hours of Tuesday morning. It’s just as well I haven’t got any tender plants growing in the greenhouse. We …

A few weeks ago I sowed a couple of modules of broad beans called De Monica. It’s a variety we haven’t tried before as an early variety. I know I could have sown them in autumn to overwinter but I’ve …