Two plants isn't too many cucumbers, she said. We'll keep on top of harvesting this summer, maybe pickle some, she said. It'll be fine.

Like this. This is pretty messy but it is possible to make it neater. You could, of course, use rectangles or similar given the stripey pattern of your jumper.

Just... in the cathedral, catting around.

I abandoned allotment plans today to sit in Epping Forest. Plants had a big water on Saturday, they'll just have to cope.

This is a rosary, carved from elder, cherry and bay, and the string made from nettles, all from the churchyard. I gave it as a gift from the parish to our previous parish priest when she went to her next post.

Tried sowing beetroot (and various other things) in the greenhouse in December and it appears to have worked quite well. Will be harvesting the first of them today.

The boundary wall is not in great shape, either. It is listed. Now it is also... listing.

This is not the way this tree was pointed this morning.

Also I am not convinced it actually can get down, poor thing. RSPCA website advice is open external doors/windows and block off other sources of light but I can't get up there to block off the stained glass, and it needs to fly down at a fairly steep angle to leave.

Todays lunch greens: fennel, yarrow, chickweed, dandelion, winter purslane, ribwort plantain leaves and buds (the buds are amazing, taste like mushrooms, but very different texture), shepherd's purse, salad burnet, red dead nettle. Forgot to gather any alliums but I have garlic, chives etc at home.

Foraged some greens for my lunch. Fennel, yarrow, dandelion, plantain, chickweed, salad burnet, three-cornered leek. Was going to get some alexanders too but decided I couldn't be bothered cycling to that patch. I chopped them up and put them in scrambled eggs. Very, very green scrambled eggs.

Anyway these are the barriers in place now. This looks terrible, but it's what I could do for free. Our budget is extremely constrained, partly on account of heating our building for soup kitchen guests, many of whom have no heating at home. Hence the fundraiser. www.justgiving.com/page/sjebp-o...

The culprit was probably a soup kitchen guest. Many of them are not great at emotional regulation; I'm not either if I'm hungry! The initial damage to the keys may have been accidental, but the preset pistons have also been munged and that took real effort. Please do not mess with the organ.

I've made an ugly cardboard cover and barred the area off with materials we already had to hand but obviously this is not really a good long-term solution. We need a proper room divider screen or similar. And it cannot be opaque because that creates a safeguarding risk.

Anyway if you can help us find some money to rub together to fix this, and set up a suitable enclosure to prevent further damage, that would be nice. It's not a wonderful organ but it's the only one we have. www.justgiving.com/charity/sjebp

I patch mine! Behold:

There is a picture of my mother's dog, I've been walking her for the last three and a half weeks while mum gets over hip replacement surgery.

2) It was about -14°C and my brother didn't have snow boots with him so we had to stop for a bit, but not before excavating a large enough cave for me to get all the way in there.

1) Last night my mother asked my brother and I to remove some of the giant snow drift that has collected on the back deck. So we* made a snow cave. *Mostly him digging and me clearing

Lovely snow here in Ontario, making me slightly less homesick for London. Half expect Mr Tumnus to turn up.

It *would* snow in London (UK) while I am in Canada looking after mum. Good news: her hip replacement went well and she seems to be doing all right on the good pain meds. Also, we have snow here too.

Currently riding a lepper concorde 810 which is 210mm wide and I can get for £70 but they are breaking too much, and if you look at the wear pattern on this (broken) one it's clearly not *quite* supporting my sit bones.

You just died. This sixth picture in your phone gallery is what killed you.

Same general class, yes. Sadly the allotment show does not have a "rude" section or I would have maybe submitted this melon.

This is not my cat, but he likes coming around for brushing and fuss. Prayers assured.

@billhookunion.beanyear.com ...any tips on how to eat honey locust?

Here are some of them, which went to the harvest display at church and then straight to the soup kitchen

Here's what mine looked like in September. I have one more still at the plot which was pollinated later and is smaller and less round.

And now I need to sort and weigh this lot, which is everything that's either ripe or definitely ripe enough to ripen at home...

Large beans are large.