I'm a fisherman as well as a gardener, when I caught a Turbot a while back, it was eaten after grilling with a few curly fries and some salad. No strong flavoured sauces, no salt or pepper or anything added, just a light brushing with Rice Bran oil before cooking. If I gather shell fish or cook a lo...

Had a drop more rain, enough to half fill the water butts and the garden looks less like the Kalahari now.

I use a double side stone too, I'm not the best at sharpening, but it does the job.

Not quite sure what words to say, wishing you some peace.

Another greenhouse video, this time to get closer to the plants I used my small Sony camera, which does not have a very good microphone, so the waffling I do is a bit indistinct(which could be seen as a bonus). Hope you find it of interest.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIJhooEDjrI

Just starting to appear in numbers up here this week, Common blues(which are not common here), Red Admirals and Tortoiseshells in the garden, not big numbers yet though.

The farmers are already harvesting autumn sown Barley, never known it so early, the haulms on the tatties have been cut off too, all before the rape seed, most unusual growing season up here.

I've had some of my best ever Spring Onions and the onions from seed are doing really well, including the red ones that often bolt, the leeks however are bolting badly. Thankfully we just had a decent drop of rain, won't fill the water butts, but no need to water tonight.

Geoff wrote:Dug 68kgs of Charlotte today from 32 seed potatoes, always happy at over 2kgs per root.

Well done, I think I got less than half that amount, not enough water put on them due to shortages.

Strong wind up here today, but still 22 degrees, will need to do some watering later as the onions look parched as do the carrots, the tops on a lot of the carrots look a bit burnt, have a feeling all is not well with one end of the bed where the full sun hits it. Already plan to put the roots into ...

This Red Grouse was printed in a magazine, can't remember if I posted it before or not
Red Grouse by tigerburnie, on Flickr

There's a forest less than 10 miles from me where Bullfinches gather for the winter, 3 or 4 years ago about 50 of them used to hang around the track that cuts through the woodland. There used to be Capercaillie as well, but they have gone, I have found some, but they are about 75 miles away and I'm ...

Lifted my second early tatties, I'd like to tell you what they are but I can't remember, they taste nice though, what ever they are.

Another colourful bird, not so popular with fruit tree growers though, a male Bullfinch
The sun came out by tigerburnie, on Flickr

A cock Chaffinch finding some shade in the local forest.