An unplanned but pleasing mixture – the cyclamen and the Caucasian stonecrop have got themselves enmeshed.
Month: August 2024
not a nut …
Squirrel has spent over ten minutes running up and down the fence, occasionally hopping off to ground level and them back up again, looking for somewhere to bury its fruit. Looks like an unripe plum … perhaps the plum-stone would do instead of a nut for winter fodder.
early autumn, perhaps
Much earlier than I’d normally start lifting leeks, but in the past I’ve been plagued with rust and other nasties in the autumn. Anyway, I fancied a pork, leek and mushroom casserole (flavoured, naturally with crushed juniper berries) for tonight.
and again …
Thirteen years ago today, I was walking Maurice up Tottenham High Road to his usual Monday appointment. It was not a usual Monday. The High Road was closed to traffic, with burnt-out buildings and cars a grim reminder of the weekend’s rioting.
Tomorrow, in the aftermath of a week of rioting (fomented by neo-Nazi activists) in many of the more deprived parts of England, I will be attending “Rally for Unity – Worcester Rejects Fascism”.
We’re going to keep seeing riots in warm summer weather until the root causes are addressed: poverty, deprivation, exclusion and discrimination. Social Justice is not a luxury, but an essential and urgent step.
Photos from previous post at http://www.nickweeks.net/?p=4708
tomatoes
Oooh, oooh, oooh! The first of the tomatoes is starting to show colour, holding out the promise of glorious salad lunches. It’s an orange plum variety of unknown name, grown from saved seeds originally from a tomato I was given at Transition Worcester Community Garden some years ago.
