Monthly Archives: September 2025

Hmm, so much for daily checking on the Cox’s Orange Pippins (planted only last year) to ensure harvest before they drop … I found this beauty on the ground. I suspect the local magpie. But it was unmarked and completely … Continue reading →

I had forgotten that I planted a tiny little melon seedling in the glasshouse… then mistook the rampant foliage for the adjacent cucumber… So it came as a great surprise to find a cluster of melons hidden amid the leaves. … Continue reading →