Dead Plant

This plant might be dead. My friend RocketMan thinks it is, and on Saturday, after lulling me into a well-fed torpor, he challenged me to bring it back to life. Now maybe it was all the fish I’d eaten, or all the wine I’d drunk that clouded my judgment. I can’t say. But I agreed, [...]

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We Have A Winner!

Yes, the Hall of Shame has it’s first winner of the year. These photos of the saddest little tomato plants you ever did see are from Karen Little (whose blog, Just Up The Dose is just fantastic -  you should go there and read it as soon as you’ve finished reading this). Karen had this [...]

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R.I.P. the Salad Bowl

I’m very glad that vivh’s basil is flourishing. I may have to go round to hers and beg some greenery soon, becuase up here in Brixton, there’s nothing but death and destruction, at least in the edible leaf department.
The lettuces I so confidently planted out round about the middle April haven’t just failed to thrive [...]

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