This weekend I joined a bubble with another single lone-habitat-er. To celebrate we drank everything in the North East and stayed up past a time anyone at our ages should deem necessary. I feel replenished yet completely empty at the same time. Help. Black Lives Matter protests are in their fourth consecutive week in the … Continue reading Grow off Week 12 – Bake Off Week 7
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Grow Off Week 11 – Bake Off Week 6
We missed a weigh in last week for obvious reasons; I sat down to put it all together and chucked it all out within a few seconds. My personal account will be used exclusively for sharing and learning from now on (the news moves so fast it will all be in my Stories, with some … Continue reading Grow Off Week 11 – Bake Off Week 6
Black Lives Matter
Below are a few Instagram accounts I now follow who provide resources and links for education and donating, but more importantly they are the voices we should be, should have always been, listening to. There are so, so many. As momentum recedes and the news cycle regenerates, the fight that so many of us have … Continue reading Black Lives Matter
Grow Off Week 9 – Bake off Week 5
I write to you this week full to the brim with Bake Off spoils. Resembling an overfilled profiterole, I sit soft eyed and centred. And soft centred. The gardens are flourishing and the sunbabies have all moved into their permanent homes, a worrying time for us. I imagine it is a similar feeling to watching … Continue reading Grow Off Week 9 – Bake off Week 5
Painting and Decorating: Bedroom Edition
It has been a while since I've felt capable of a proper post about something other than plants or baking. Like many of us I have focused a lot of my energy, intentionally or otherwise, on getting through the daily routine as happily and successfully as possible. Some days this may mean putting on a … Continue reading Painting and Decorating: Bedroom Edition
Grow Off Week 8 – Bake Off Week 3
As I type I can hear it blowing a bloody hoolie - secure those sunflowers, get the clothes off the line, remember not to leave the dog outside! We've had varying rates of growth this week, some sunbabes are a bit over it, others are just getting started. My tomatoes are a pure embarrassment, Steven … Continue reading Grow Off Week 8 – Bake Off Week 3
Grow Off Week 7 – Bake off Week 2
Lockdown - Week 8 Short and sweet this week my friends, let's weigh in! WEIGH IN Phil's skinny creep didn't feel like it this week and has been knocked down a peg, but still a very happy 37cm.A whopping 20cm growth in a week for Sophie's lovely girl, coming in at 43cm! She's quite literally … Continue reading Grow Off Week 7 – Bake off Week 2
Grow Off Week 6 – Bake Off Week 1
Annual Burger Week - Year 5 Lockdown - Week 25546 There is a lot to cover and I haved 8000 photos to sift through for this week, but WHAT A FUCKING WEEK. Let's start with a weigh in, shall we? WEIGH IN Sophie's lasses have had a full resurgence after some indoor TLC; 24cm.Phil's skinny … Continue reading Grow Off Week 6 – Bake Off Week 1
Grow Off Week 5
Despite the increasingly moody weather and the fact it has been 7 weeks since I've touched another human being*, our plant babies are taking off. Our body positive sunflowers are flaunting their various shapes and sizes with vigour and I think I can speak for everyone when I say how proud we are of their … Continue reading Grow Off Week 5
Grow Off – Weeks 3 and 4
Given the widely accepted fact that time has no meaning, I forgot to provide an update on the Grow Off last week. But given the widely accepted fact that time has no meaning, who cares? I have some news regarding the Tallest Sunflower Challenge, but first, let's slap 'em out on the table and measure … Continue reading Grow Off – Weeks 3 and 4
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