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Hi Pressure in Command!

Posted on April 27, 2021 by Francis Pryor

You can’t beat a good, challenging title – until, that is, you start writing. Then you have to face reality. It’s late-ish April (the 23rd) and I’ve just turned the television off because the screen is a mass of pixilated … Continue reading →

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More Soggy Than Blazing…mid-June, 2016

Posted on June 18, 2016 by Francis Pryor

A couple of days ago I dug the first early potatoes of the season. It had been raining on and off for the previous ten days and the soil was more like porridge than earth. My heart sank as I … Continue reading →

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Grow Your Own. On Spuds and Broad Beans: Better Late than Never

Posted on May 15, 2013 by Francis Pryor

Is the season at last starting to catch-up? If you’d asked me that a week ago, I’d have probably said yes. Now I’m not so sure, as I sit at my desk, with the south-westerly wind howling around the rafters. … Continue reading →

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Grow Your Own: Part 3, Chitting Seed Potatoes

Posted on January 23, 2013 by Francis Pryor

Outside the snow has been lying on the garden for at least a week. So yesterday I took the four-wheel-drive into the local town to buy seed potatoes. In the past I’ve bought them through catalogues, but these rarely guarantee … Continue reading →

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