Oppose Hinkley C proposed new nuclear power station

We have several nuclear power stations near us on the Severn, and evil EDF is trying to build a new one, Hinkley C.  I plan to join a 24 hour blockade protest there in March on the anniversary of the Fukoshima disaster. Usually I base my objection to nuclear power on the terrifying danger of [...]

January 31st, 2012 | Category: Peter writes | Leave a comment

Home grown olives and mushrooms – hopefully.

Having sort of finished a stressful project yesterday I was in an indulgent mood.  My ramblings, as they often do, took me into Wilkinsons (the shop in the Merrywalks centre).  They have lots of exciting and cheap plants in.  I KNOW that cheap plants, like everything else, usually means that the environment or even human [...]

January 19th, 2012 | Category: growing stuff, Peter writes | One comment

getting the year off to a good start

So, on January 1st 2012, I

pruned my soft fruit bushes weeded my nine-month-old asparagus bed (only 15 months to go until first harvest!) transplanted lovely self-sown borage plants – it looks like I’ll have lots of huge borage plants for the bees again this summer harvested a tiny cauliflower …then back at home I [...]

January 2nd, 2012 | Category: growing stuff, Peter writes | 5 comments