pipe and book
That's me in what's becoming a customary pose of an evening: shisha pipe in the window, a can of alcohol-free beer, and a good book (though often a BBC Radio 4 podcast instead), and my bird ID book. It's not so bad.
Leech or flatworm? Ants and Swiss Chard
For the 2nd time in a week or so, (1st time regarding dwarf beans ), I'm following Alys Fowler's advice, this time with regard to Swiss chard . Long story short, after midsummer plants which often bolt if planted in spring will resist the impulse to do so, probably because of shortening days; (I say shortening, but in Glasgow, in July, we're still getting 18 hours of daylight). I got a packet of Bright Lights , at a good price, (another reason to wait until July before sowing, lots of bargains, I've noticed). But where to sow them? Most of the 2nd bed is under a tarpaulin, but it wasn't quite big enough to cover the whole bed, so the last 5ft or so went under a sheet of plastic, (in the background of the photo in this post, here .) Transparent plastic was a foolish idea, weeds were growing underneath it, so I covered most of it with sheets of metal from the old shed. I decided to leave the tarp, but use the area beneath the plastic for the chard. Who-ah there
That's one impressive shisha pipe. But come on, honestly, don't you miss differentiation, SMART targets and doing schemes of work?
ReplyDeleteHe he. I was puzzling out next week's lessons this morning, knowing it'd be a good week, and even a bit of a laugh, and seriously bullshit free.
ReplyDeleteBullshit free. Oh those halycon days of yore...
ReplyDeleteLast time I had fun, I was told it was incidental to the linguistic aim as stated in my lesson plan.
I just smiled.