Tag: robin

  • Is it summer?

    Is it summer?

    It’s been sunny for over a week now, in Ireland. Dry too. One might say summer had arrived, though there’s a definitely nip in the air still. East coast has daytime highs of 16 – 18 C (west coast is hitting mid-20s), though the winds are pretty light out of the north to east –…

  • A summer of tomatoes

    A summer of tomatoes

    This year I decided against growing potatoes, given the blight and other issues I had last year. Instead, I opted for tomatoes (a staple that I grow anyway), runner beans, peppers, courgettes, and butternut squash. The tomatoes grew beyond my expectations, and I even gained a few random plants in the bigger VegTrug that grew…