Good morning from s somerset, I think it will be dull weather today and for the whole week
My house is cooling so I did light the stove yesterday, just a few logs and the hot stove stays hot for the whole evening after the embers have died. I am hoping the plumber calls me this week but I do know he is very busy at this time of year and will need several hours to fix my boiler leak. I have halted the leak but no ch and am not using hot water from the boiler. Still, much better living conditions than when I was a child so am not grumbling. The upside is that my body is adapting to cooler and I have alternatives
My allotment visit was so nice yesterday, I put another 8 x 4 bed to sleep for winter, ample food for fungi, bacteria and worms under a cover of damp cardboard. I weeded, on hands and knees which is very grounding and removed a net from cavalo nero. My cabbages are more attractive to pigeons so I left their net on. The autumnal ambience in the rural area is palpable now
I spent a couple of hours forward planning for the 2026 planting season. Most seeds have been bought, from real seeds again this year, I have a few more items to order, elsewhere, such as charlotte potatoes. Then today I will be starting a new notebook, as an allotment planner, I will need to know what I am planting in the beds, which will be in full production next year. My old softback notebook is messy, bent over and too full of scribbles
I have a very tall freezer and am looking to make progress on emptying the meat/fish drawer and nut/coffee drawer. I can do that over the next 7 months, my own produce will take priority
Today is very much an unfolding day, a bit of this and a bit of that. I might look at getting a yearly or lifetime pass for Wells cathedral and bishops palace plus 14 acres of gardens, another tranquil area to escape to, plenty of benches there and I can take my sock knitting. Perhaps I will add that to a Christmas present to myself
Have a good day
