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Warm spring sunshine on a Victorian pillar box in Newcastle yesterday.
I love the idea that these things have stood there impervious for more than 100 years, and the world around them has changed such a lot.
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...
A great picture Garry.
ReplyDeleteI love how objects can outlive their creators. Every once in a while I'll see something and think, "the factory that made that (useful) object must have been abandoned fifty years ago . . . "
ReplyDeleteI wonder how old the Dr.'s call box is?
Dr Who's Box is from the 50s. They were n't unusual when I was a little kid in the 60s.
ReplyDeleteI think they'll live on - my five year old just saw his first Dr. Who episode (new series). He liked it.
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