A pair of oval plugs, with padauk fascias on an ebony body. Quite a few people, including myself, get skin irritations from prolonged contact with some woods, so I put these together to try out an alternative to inlays. They’re working a treat – no itching, and once they’re in they look like solid padauk 
My squash are coming up a storm – this picture is just a few days out of date, and the difference is phenomenal. I’ll have to take a fresh one tomorrow, there are now 30-odd hardening up outside in the plastic greenhouses.
The planters I posted a while back are working out wonderfully, as well – radishes, rocket, lettuce, spring onions and turnips. If this keeps up, as well as the allotment, it’s going to be a very good year.
DIY press-up stands from spare parts & scrap timber, since £12+ seems pretty daft. Not my most exciting project, but thought someone might benefit from the idea!
In other news, I seriously need to vacuum the study floor…
Some seeds arrived from the Fothergills website – awesome site, by the way. No postage to pay on seed-only orders, only if you order plants. Also, two free random seed packs with each order, even when I only ordered one packet in the first place!
Anyway, these are the squash for this year:
There are 42 seeds germinating on my windowsill. This is quite possibly madness, but will almost certainly lead to the best Hallowe’en decorations EVER. Also, tasty soups.
Bugger, just noticed I don’t have any butternut…
I present you with one pair ebony ear weights. Unusually light piece of wood, colour-wise, which I think makes for a really pretty subtle grain.
Despite being much nearer the allotment since moving back in September, 10 minutes’ walk is still too far when the rest of the meal’s in the oven and you remember something!
I’ve built four planters to go on the patio outside, to plant salad and herbs and such without digging over rented lawn. They’re built to fit a grow bag each to keep life super-simple butt jointed affairs, and so far are working out pretty awesome – got two planted up with the first few seedlings showing, two more half-painted. The frames are cut from 8 ft timber planks. Feet were drilled with a holesaw from offcuts and wrapped in anti-slug tape. Bases sit on batons cut from the leftovers screwed around the bottom edge of the frame.
Anyway, they’re really easy, and timber, stain and all else came in at £40 or so for the four from B&Q. I recommend the exercise highly, looks like being very useful – and now we’re headed into barbecue season, picking seasoning and side salads even as the meat’s still on the grill will feel very good indeed!
I'm 26 years old.
London born.
Kent dwelling.
General-purpose geek.
Jeweller. Cutler. Perv.
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