It’s that time of year again. The time of year that sees an envelope flop through the letter box from the council pointing out that it is time to pay the rent on the plot. It’s a gone up this year as well, a rather extortionate £15.25. God lord, that’s for a full year mind you.

There is a line in the letter that amuses me. It says, in bold, “Reminders will not be sent out this year so therefore if we do not rec...

Sorry I haven't written anything for a while but have you seen the weather out there? Bloody Awful. It seems to have rained for about 5 weeks, constantly. I had standing water in my strawberry bed. The river is constantly threatening to burst it's banks but has, as yet, been contained. Rather than building raised beds I have been building an Ark.

Anyway, today I made it to the swamp in which I attempt to grow things today. During another dash between the showers a week or so...

Whilst some of you are out setting fire to the, recently built, homes of hedgehogs and throwing an effigy of a Roman Catholic, as someone on radio 4’s PM described your bonfire’s Guy (terrorist my friend, terrorist), on top, I have a question for those who have remained indoors. A question that the internet failed to answer. Ok, it was a very, very quick search, whilst at work this morning but still, no answer. I did find the a...