We have chickens! Okay, so it’s only four and it’s only chickens… but, it’s exciting! We’ve only had one egg so far and the flickr gallery I have added shows that very product! I don’t think they enjoyed the NW’ly gales we’ve been having over the last couple of days, they all ran inside as [...]
St. Swithun was the Bishop of Winchester who died July 2, 862. Whilst he was dying he asked to be buried out of doors, where he would be trodden on and rained on, in the following century he was regarded as a saint, and the then Bishop had his bones reburied in a shrine inside [...]
This post is by Seona: I got freaked out earlier, I was sitting in the tunnel area having my morning ‘think’, and an ENORMOUS insect caught my eye – a dragonfly maybe, I’ve never seen the like – a noise like a helicopter, looked like a helicopter and as it got closer it looked even [...]
You can perhaps guess what happens when one of our cats (Dog-puss) gets stuck in the tunnel overnight! Well, take a look at the latest image here, this kind of ventilation is now in various places all over the tunnel! I reckon that if it can stand this kind of abuse, then there’s a fair [...]
It’s unbelievable the growth rate that happens in the tunnel, we knew things were going to be quick but we are now scoffing salad, spinach and various other green leafy delicacies such as pak choi, rocket, coriander… Can’t wait until all the proper hot food starts to fruit! Freshly picked chillies for me at breakfast [...]
I went up to the tunnel at lunch time to check on our thirsty little vegetables and the temperature was at a scorching 41° C! (105.79° F) It’s not even a particularly hot day here today, 9° C with a fairly fresh wind from the West. Going to need some serious ventilation in there when [...]
There must be some weird, mutant chickens running about my friends field! I generally get free range eggs for my breakfast, for my Sunday brunch (I’d been working in the tunnel since 08:30) Seona happened upon this mutant egg (click the image for a bigger view). However, the other egg surrounding this egg was delicious! [...]
Chilli propagation begins… a few hotties in the soil, just have to wait and see if I get what I’m hoping for – Naga Morich, Scotch Bonnet, Jalepeno, Antillais Caribbean, Holy Mole and a few normals! The tunnel is awaiting a fine clear and warm(ish) day to get the polythene on, it hasn’t exactly been [...]
This has to be the website of the year for me! Okay, so we’re only into day 5… here’s wishing you all the best for 2009. Now, what do you think? Some Naga Morich perhaps… hehehe, look out chilli fiends (you know who I’m referring), I’m gonna be growing these just for you! Apparently, they [...]
Well, summer is rapidly heading towards the cooler end of the season and it looks like nothing has been happening here, well not much music anyway. Take a look at the flickr gallery I have added regarding our summer Polytunnel project! It has cost a fair bit so far, we won’t go there… We have [...]