Much Inspired by Gardeners World.

I watched Gardeners World last week and was much inspired by their simple account of easy gardening for the hobby amateur gardener working full time and only able to get out for 10 minutes between showers every other week.. I thought I would adopt their style.

So this weekend I looked out and consciopus of global warming I decided to grow my own vegetables. I started with buxom rusticulatum or sea-horse radish behind the potting shed before slipping a sharp spade easily into my fine tilth. My variety was called "Lively Lady" and I chose her because of her pendulous double stamens that dazzle in the early morning sun. Cultivation is very easy. You water every ten minutes during the night, and only 20 minutes during the day for the best results. I start mine off in an old shoe box which I leave in a damp corner of the Jacuzzi. Buxom is a heavy feeder and I used plenty of well rotted bull shit.

Next week I shall talk about my clemontones, gloriosa conperceptiii and growing them in a medium sized garden and I will enlist the help of a few villagers to run the threshing machine in the back field.

50 Years Ago : It snowed

50 years ago today I was taken protesting up to the 208 bus stop at Digby Road to wait for the single decker to take me to the Mothers' Hospital. I was simply told that my removal from the warmth of the terrace house in Marlowe Road was due to the urgent need to meet my sister, for the first time. As I was marched up the road under close supervision, not realizing the momentous significance of the events that would follow that would change my life for ever, I was stunned by the fact that it was snowing.

I shall further explore what happened as a result. I shall tell the tales of having to share everything I possessed. How my bike got completely broken. The further suffering will be outlined. But this must wait.

This morning I wish to recall that it snowed in April in 1958 and it lasted about 10 days. So when you speak of global warming do not use this weekends snowfall. There may be climate change but it's more complex than you would believe and snow this weekend is not necessarily good evidence of its own. It snowed for 10 days in April the week my sister was born.