Have you come across www.realseeds.co.uk? Might be useful for inspiration, varieties good for your climate, and seed sowing guides.

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WOW! This is big news. It looks great and recently worked. And is that fruit?

There are too many to list…

Amidst the anxiety, brain fog, and tiredness this morning there was some allotment joy. ☀️ 🌱

That’s a really weird way of spelling “parents with the flexibility to WFH can keep sick kids home when they need to without having to take time off work themselves.”

Slowly getting the allotment ready for spring planting. More mulching and tidying to do this week. 🌱

This novel is utterly brilliant. So enjoyable.

I have torn through its almost 500 pages since starting it at the weekend. I want more of Dave.

It made me laugh, smile, cry, reminisce, and think. 📚

Cardiff: University confirms plans to cut 400 jobs Vice-chancellor Wendy Larner says

This is a national scandal. When will the government wake up and realise they are presiding over the rapid implosion of the UK's world-renowned university sector?

I have felt absolutely miserable all day with a bad cold. But the chickens needed feeding and so I had to visit them in the pouring rain. The rainbow cheered me up.

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My evening involves sorting out a thousand ‘in the green’ flower bulbs.

The community will be planting native English bluebells and snowdrops this weekend.

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The state of Kemi Badenoch’s response to the sentencing, confirming there is no topic, however serious, that she will do the minimum of research on.

While the Boy dances I get to nap and read while lounging on giant beanbags.

Get thee to a nunnery ✝️

VAT on private school fees puts Edinburgh state schools at capacity Majority of the capital’s 15 private schools are understood to have lost pupils, dispersed to state schools throughout the city

There are around 10k private school kids in Edinburgh.

51 have moved to state schools in January.

As I've repeatedly said the effects of VAT on fees are going to be minimal.

www.thetimes.com/article/ab42...

Blood oranges are a highlight of January for me. My first supplies have arrived today directly from Sicily. 🌋 🍊

This novel is a thing of absolute beauty.

I cannot recommend it enough. It is superb.

The setting of London and life at Uni in Edinburgh was an initial pull and I also really enjoyed his memoir ‘The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land in Between’.

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Things have felt a bit heavy in recent days.

So I have cancelled things & reorganised/reprioritised other things.

A bit of space, some boundaries, cooking, gardening, & coffee w friends have all made a huge difference today. ☀️ 🌱

One of the reasons I was so opposed to Rwanda is that it would be a really bad idea to start normalising deporting people (asylum seekers are not citizens but it's not that big a jump...)

I’m enjoying a cold but sunny breakfast in the allotment polytunnel. We are just above freezing inside and -4°c outside. 🌱 ❄️

Winter white bean salad with roasted red cabbage, roasted red peppers, herbs, almonds, and pistachio. 🥗

Nick Ferrari on @lbc.co.uk just called Tim Montgomerie from Reform "Timmo".

Timmo then called Tommy Robinson a "rough diamond".

Just two guys shooting the breeze. Will be the same when Farage swings by the show tomorrow...

Rancid.

Happy New Year! Hanukkah sameach!

As we celebrate the final night of Hanukkah we wish you all light, peace, and joy in 2025.

My library reservation list looks like I’ll have a good start with reading in 2025. Spot Evan’s film and TV books. 📚

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