This morning I harvested the first of my cucumbers. Its now 35 deg C so no more outside work until tomorrow.
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Job Done and Dusted.
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Dusted is right for the garden here. We’ve had no rain and 34+ deg temperatures for a week and the forecast is no rain and 39-41 deg temperatures through next week. Dusty indeed.
Our family is here for a couple weeks from the USA. Our son has done a few chores including cutting grass…)
I pruned the cotonester hedge,might have to buy the Battery secateurs. Its difficult with no strength in one arm…
Electric secateurs are mandatory around me as Oct-April is vine pruning time. You can hear the shwick-shwick of these secateurs everywhere. The vine pruners need a certificate to verify they have been trained in how to cut vines - no idea what the training course involves. But they are out 6 days a week pruning so electric cutters are needed. In fact, you can tell by the chunky fingers of older men and women that their early years were manual secatuers only. So I say that you should invest and make your life easier.
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Thank you, I know the time as come to get a easy option .Ive seen some with my name on …
Picked some chard and a Romaine lettuce, also a few raspberries.
Cut three courgettes - first ones. A good crop of broad beans and strawberries, now finishing.
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Sadly no courgettes this year - they were badly damaged by high winds last month. Maybe put them out too early.
Just bought a chemical free liquid patio cleaner - i have a family of hedgehogs and other assorted wildlife in my small garden, so don’t want to use anything harsh.
Fingers crossed it does the job.
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Pot full of lovely new potatoes, considering they’ve grown from discarded peelings quite a bonus.
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walked around it
Yesterday - harvested x3 kg of damson plums. 2.5 kg once the stones were out. Stewed in water, added 1 kg sugar, added about 300g of blended ginger, chilis, random spices, cooked until v thick - then into jars.
This tastes very fruity plum forward at first and then a serious kick of the ginger and chili. This baby is going to work with strong cheeses. It is also going to be a rub / marinate for fatty meats like wild boar or shoulder of lamb.
Today I’ll harvest the mirabelle plums for normal jam.
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i’m going to walk around it twice this morning 
In one month you have increased your stamina by 100%, well done
Put the washing out.
I’ve been apologizing and explaining to the birds we feed that we can’t do it anymore.Bird Flu has arrived just up the coast and we don’t want it in our garden.It’s not just birds it kills
I used to do a lot of apologizing to the Birds 
I’m sure you always tried to be a proper gent.
God loves a trier.
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