Pots prepped ready for seeds tomorrow – I am writing labels out for each pot this year! Long pots will be field flowers, night scented stock, Californian poppy. Sweet peas I have not decided yet, or the sunflowers – I think individual pots – maybe right under the kitchen window – once they are 10cm big? If they came up between the hanging baskets that would be great!
Ok so I have planted 5 pots of each type of seed, then I can either split them and pot them individually, or plant some more if they do not germinate. Sunflowers need to go straight into pot to be used so I need to think about that? Maybe a green trough would do for 4 plants.
I seem a bit addicted as I rather fancy some Peruvian lilies and some phlox? But I guess it is best to wait and see what comes up? Patio can have a pot of night scented stock and some Californian Poppies.
I just checked and I seem to have enough plants for night-time moths – I will check later.
Increase in Trident missiles? Why? Increasing budget on cyber security is absolutely necessary and sensible. I am not sure the comments about China are necessary. Diplomacy is best done behind closed doors.
Cut the limes into small pieces seedless and with the skin on.
In a bowl add lime pieces, green chilli pieces, ginger pieces, salt to taste, sugar, mustard powder mix it well.
For tempering: Heat oil in a pan add mustard seeds, when mustard seeds splutter switch off the flame. in this add fenugreek seeds, pinch of turmeric, hing.
Pour this tempering on the top of the chutney mix it well
Who gives a f***? The Sunday Mail had 14 pages on it? Surely most of that must have made up bullshit? Even the Observer had a double page, but to be fair it was more about racism. Given that the Mail is the top selling newspaper round here does that mean that the readers are all interested? Or have the Mail over done it. We know the readership of the mail mainly white middle class and femail.
Stats for the week to the 8th March are on next page. If this was a board game it would be fantastic! Unfortunately peopler still dying so that would be a bit sick.
27.09
5.11
19.11
5.12
2.1
7.1
21.1
28
4.2
15.2
22.2
14.3
N.Som
31
177
304
142
256
372
368
239
173
138
81
39
Cornw
20
47
90
25
173
324
258
176
157
81
42
12
Bristol
46
350
480
168
217
408
434
306
258
176
123
50
Chelms
41
91
150
109
878
1058
573
328
247
141
75
35
Exeter
283
128
168
102
147
226
244
126
61
37
73
22
Braintr
42
58
109
104
910
1160
552
406
303
154
81
47
Ply
30
150
225
63
219
221
327
208
118
63
49
32
IoW
10
41
78
29
253
916
647
382
226
122
50
14
Liverp
516
330
276
97
242
611
809
516
348
262
170
52
Manch
466
372
175
208
351
443
329
297
225
187
84
Sunderl
274
309
412
161
267
514
426
326
327
270
186
73
Newca
445
284
449
156
147
235
284
226
174
132
114
71
Swans
397
231
368
400
431
202
114
87
67
61
31
Cardiff
301
156
247
460
470
282
168
122
93
104
38
Glasgo
286
275
147
194
318
325
258
207
158
130
115
Aberde
41
58
61
171
279
236
148
80
50
30
36
Belfast
317
213
109
225
504
284
229
175
143
115
82
Newry
199
118
113
256
756
447
306
210
145
80
46
Sandf
201
320
189
226
248
71
59
0
W.Bod
62
287
437
387
337
262
137
100
Lostwit
190
308
381
349
417
63
81
0
Some observations. Firstly West Bodmin is 8 cases, so not as bad as it looks. Also looking at the government map of small areas, only 5 places in Cornwall are shown on the map (less than 3 cases) BUT the total number is 68 cases in last week. The inference here is that the virus lurks in almost all places. To some extent this correlates with what seems to be a levelling off in the fall of positive tests. Whilst from a much smaller base the r number seems to be around about the 1 mark. How can this be interpreted? The stats are before the schools fully reopened (that will be interesting and hopefully positive). People with the virus must be passing it on, hopefully they are asymptomatic and not just evil. Now is surely the time for test and trace to start working properly. For instance if there are 8 people who have tested positive in Congresbury and Kewstoke, that is just 8 people to ensure contact is made immediately and all contacts of these people also contacted.
In the south-west I would say we are in a position to virtually eradicate Covid, but then we have tourism which is essential to the economy. Some difficult personal liberty issues need to be made, and fast. Should vac passports be mandatory, could under-30 camp sites be established?
There is light at the end of this shitty year, but a way to go yet. Has Johnson the balls to see it through?
Has joined me in trying to put the closely cropped lawn in its place! The squealing has already started with the National Trust leading the way. I have no problem with a lawn that serves a purpose like sport or even picnics, or even as part of a heritage house/garden.Hopefully my patch will have a variety of flowers and attract insects.
Whether it looks good is not something I am concerned with. To my mind it is like comparing a piece of all with uniform white paint with a painting by Constable, Turner, Breugel, da Vinci or thousands of others, right uptown Banksie (his walls are much more interesting than a magnolia wall). And whilst one could argue that my method is a lack of method and design, I believe that nature will sort out the ultimate design, with maybe a little help from me next autumn?!
Should be a thing of the past, certainly in this country. Do we need the coal for steelworks to build wind farms? I do not know the answer. But the Government is also spending millions on new Trident Missiles and reportedly increasing the defence budget by £80 billion. Can we have a drugs raid on Westminster and Downing Street please?
