a good year for the onions

'this government has received serious scientific, intelligence and policy advice that it should take significant action on food security, but it keeps signalling all is OK. it’s not,' 

- tim lang, a professor emeritus of food policy at city st. george’s, university of london.

horsemouth, whose avowed strategy is to move to the hills and grow potatoes, should probably heed the warning. 

the problem is growing more potatoes would mean digging up more land (which is hard work). last year he grew more potatoes but they didn't get eaten so he's not that bothered about growing them this year. if there are any, good, if not, no worries.  similarly with the marrows. 

on the other hand solid progress was made with the runner beans. there are damsons. there are cherries. there's rhubarb. the spinach has come back strong.

this year looks like being a good year for the onions. fingers crossed for the tomatoes and beetroot. 

yesterday morning at 10am - a zoom call with howard. 

future recording

horsemouth mentioned the far future village band project and showed howard the cassette recorder he had recovered from the garage (and mentioned his plans to record with it). howard is on the look out for a zoom multitrack recorder for him (which would be the next stage in the recording campaign).

morning

it's a cooler morning out in the wild (horsemouth misses the heat). he is still in shorts but he is now wearing more than one layer (a t-shirt and a shirt). it has clouded over.