When I set the end date of July 31st for the sunflower competition, it felt like years and years in the future. Since the middle of March our little group of friends-cum-gardening enthusiasts have shared even our smallest of horticultural victories, from the first sproutling to final harvests. This wholesome cultivation of life and friendship … Continue reading The Final Grow Off: A True Underdog Story
Renovations: A Story of Stagnation
BLM Activity has slowed and steadied somewhat on my feed but there is movement everywhere. Earlier today I found this documentary available for free on the murder of Fred Hampton who I knew nothing about until recently. I haven't watched the movie, entitled The Murder of Fred Hampton (1971), yet but I'll be sitting down … Continue reading Renovations: A Story of Stagnation
Grow off Week 12 – Bake Off Week 7
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
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
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
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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