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Monthly Archives: January 2020
Evaporation
Of course, as the rain subsides, the pond goes down, so I can imagine that mine will soon look like this: This would be a great shame for the birds that have started to visit the pond once again, now … Continue reading
Posted in In the kitchen, soil management, Wildlife
9 Comments
No need to fear a glut
Northern Rail was spectacularly bad this morning. Sunday might not be the best day to travel out of my village by train but I missed the opportunity to do a Nålebinding workshop in York due to a mixture of train … Continue reading
Posted in Crafts, Days out, In the kitchen
Tagged Asgard, Lakeland, Nålebinding, Turtle Bay, York
4 Comments
Muck in day at St Aidan’s
Until relatively recently, there was an open cast mine between the villages of Woodlesford, Swillington, Methley and Great & Little Preston, just southeast of Leeds. Then it flooded and was taken over by the RSPB, becoming St Aidan’s Nature Reserve. … Continue reading
Posted in Days out, Good for the environment, Wildlife
Tagged muck in day, St Aidan’s Nature Reserve, willow
12 Comments
Too warm for parsnips
Has anyone else noticed parsnips tasting off this year? I thought it was just me leaving my share of them when collecting my vegetables from the local organic farm. But today I noticed the donations box (where people leave unwanted … Continue reading
Posted in climate change, Good for the environment
Tagged feather pillows, Freegle, parsnips
8 Comments
Back to the clothing exchange
On Saturday, the queue to get into Leeds Community Clothing Exchange was unusually long. The immediate positive from this was that people in the queue talked to each other. However, I do hope the queue also means in the longer … Continue reading
The January tulip
When I bought a bag of tulips in the reduced aisle a couple of weeks ago, I could already see that they were starting to sprout. No wonder, as they were in a heated environment. I wasn’t unduly surprised either … Continue reading
The disappearance of Lead
After almost scoring a bull’s eye this morning at the monthly Towton Battlefield Society longbow practice, we took a walk across the field to a medieval church I had noticed from the window of the pub which kindly lets us … Continue reading
A less interesting street
I haven’t been able to get out in the garden over the last week, so there is nothing to write about on this front. The boiler broke down again, which meant prime gardening time was taken up waiting for an … Continue reading
Same again please
I don’t take my bins out for collection very often, as there is no need, with nothing in them which is going to start smelling and attracting rats. It therefore came as something of a surprise when half of my … Continue reading