Back in January the weather was miserable. It was cold. It was dark. You'd go to bed in darkness and if you have a normal day job you'd end up getting up in darkness too. Horrid. It's like that here every year. But this year we were on a "Level 5 lockdown" due to the COVID-19 pandemic. So we're all restricted to our homes and most things are closed. So you've got the … [Read more...] about Gardening Weather?
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Time to Get a Greenhouse
I've got a fairly big garden which I haven't really done a lot with. This year I am changing that. I already had a small herb garden as well as a couple of berry bushes. I've added to that with a VegTrug herb garden and I'm currently expecting delivery for a VegTrug raised planter. But while you can successfully grow quite a few things outdoors in Ireland there's also a lot … [Read more...] about Time to Get a Greenhouse
Digging Into my Personal Archives
Over the past year I've been at home most of the time, like pretty much everyone else. This week we're all "celebrating" our "pandemicversary". It's been a full year since we all started working from home all of the time. Sure, I've been into the office from time to time and we even had a few weeks where we thought we'd be able to go back... but for now it's working from home. … [Read more...] about Digging Into my Personal Archives
12 Months in Ireland
This week marks 12 months or 365 days of me being stuck in Ireland. No travel. No airports. No jet lag (there *is* an upside to this!). I got back from what was to be my last international trip on March 10th 2020. At the time I knew that things were getting bad in some parts of the world. but I did not expect to be sitting at home 12 months later in what has now become my … [Read more...] about 12 Months in Ireland
Some House Plant Fun
A couple of years ago I decided that I needed to get a couple of house plants. Oddly I didn't have any at all at the time and I'd only been just about keeping a few herb plants semi-alive indoors. So I chose to get a Aspidistra elatior or cast-iron plant as well as a couple of Aloe Vera. I put them all in the bathroom at the end of the bath and have been sort of keeping an … [Read more...] about Some House Plant Fun