Always good to read your writings Ben, but your note of getting older (or at least the perception) had me wondering about your rites....
Maybe too deep for a blog comment, but I (and maybe others) would be interested in your thoughts about your long term at the Barracks.
It seems like a LOT of work... do you (& the pigs) have plans for 5, 10 years or longer, or like a start-up is it live from one winter to the next and enjoy it while you can?
There is a lot of work, that's for sure, but I don't have much else to do :)
To be honest, I wish I enjoyed it more than I do, but no, it's the long term plan that keeps me going. There will be more on this this year for sure. It's taken me a while to be able to find the words for what it is. I think I am getting closer to it now!
Mar 20, 2023·edited Mar 20, 2023Liked by Ben Green
I would recommend Max Richter if you wanna get lost in some classical music. He’s done the theme music for some big American tv shows, but his music is amazing. He also shares your alma mater. 😊
Hi Ben, I hope those those cold frames are a big help. Was watching Gardeners' World and Monty was saying that he'd had a 50°C difference from July to midwinter. Hes had nearly 40°C, to -14°C, floods and then the driest February he can remember. This is the problem here in Haute Loire (except that that water table is extremely low, as in a lot of France now), and, I imagine, where you are. We have to rethink entirely what we're going to plant. I've finished my coldframes but it's forecast 20°C this week and still 0°C at night. Too cold to sow outside for the moment. Time still to get peas and French beans in the veggie plot. Cheer up. Spring IS on its way.
Yeah, it's that time of year when we have to suffer the envy we feel of gardeners in warmer places who have their last frost behind them. I have another 7 or 8 weeks to go!
Excellent. I've read about these. Unfortunately we have rock under here and would need huge machines to dig/drill those out. I love things like this. Fascinating! Thanks for the link. I'm doing my yoga now and shall read it afterwards!
Mar 20, 2023·edited Mar 20, 2023Liked by Ben Green
P.S. again, is it ANNA or ALMA Deutscher? I found a very young pianist called Alma, who's amazing or ANNA Deutscher, who plays football! Alma is only 18 and was born in Basingstoke!
My latest discovery Hania Rani, but maybe I'm late to the party. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFRdoYfZYUY
Always good to read your writings Ben, but your note of getting older (or at least the perception) had me wondering about your rites....
Maybe too deep for a blog comment, but I (and maybe others) would be interested in your thoughts about your long term at the Barracks.
It seems like a LOT of work... do you (& the pigs) have plans for 5, 10 years or longer, or like a start-up is it live from one winter to the next and enjoy it while you can?
Hey RIchard, thank you!
There is a lot of work, that's for sure, but I don't have much else to do :)
To be honest, I wish I enjoyed it more than I do, but no, it's the long term plan that keeps me going. There will be more on this this year for sure. It's taken me a while to be able to find the words for what it is. I think I am getting closer to it now!
I would recommend Max Richter if you wanna get lost in some classical music. He’s done the theme music for some big American tv shows, but his music is amazing. He also shares your alma mater. 😊
Hi Ben, I hope those those cold frames are a big help. Was watching Gardeners' World and Monty was saying that he'd had a 50°C difference from July to midwinter. Hes had nearly 40°C, to -14°C, floods and then the driest February he can remember. This is the problem here in Haute Loire (except that that water table is extremely low, as in a lot of France now), and, I imagine, where you are. We have to rethink entirely what we're going to plant. I've finished my coldframes but it's forecast 20°C this week and still 0°C at night. Too cold to sow outside for the moment. Time still to get peas and French beans in the veggie plot. Cheer up. Spring IS on its way.
Yeah, it's that time of year when we have to suffer the envy we feel of gardeners in warmer places who have their last frost behind them. I have another 7 or 8 weeks to go!
Only thing to do is to find a warm windowsill!
P.S. What's a 'Siberian Orange House '?
Oh, I should have left that less cryptic. It's absolutely fascinating stuff:
Have a linky
https://www.resilience.org/stories/2020-05-15/fruit-trenches-cultivating-subtropical-plants-in-freezing-temperatures/
Excellent. I've read about these. Unfortunately we have rock under here and would need huge machines to dig/drill those out. I love things like this. Fascinating! Thanks for the link. I'm doing my yoga now and shall read it afterwards!
P.S. again, is it ANNA or ALMA Deutscher? I found a very young pianist called Alma, who's amazing or ANNA Deutscher, who plays football! Alma is only 18 and was born in Basingstoke!
It's ALMA. I don't know if that was a typo or an autocorrect. Thannks for picking it up! The link should still be ok though
She's incredible. Wrote her first piano sonata at the age of five!