https://youtu.be/8vNLgWNhRAk

I'm trying something new with my diary. Rather than just publish it on this website, I'm also going to record a new weekly video, called "The gardening week'. This diary, will be the show notes for the video. I'm also publishing the audio from the video as a podcast, again with this page as the show notes for the podcast.

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Sunday

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Sunday delivered a beautiful sunrise as I walked to the gym and after a good sauna and steam I stopped off at Caffe Nero and worked on my allotment plans. I'm excited by my new plans for 2022 and planning is how I made them happen!

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The rest of the day was a bit grim though, I was exhausted from all of heavy lifting on Saturday as we worked together fixing various problems on the allotment site. So I just relaxed, planned and had my COVID booster.

Monday

I was feeling pretty rough after my COVID booster, so I scrapped my normal routine of looking after Willow and stayed home.

Debbie and I eventually went for a walk on the beach and the rest of the day was spent making videos and reading.

Tuesday

Still not feeling great, but I made it to the allotment after a couple of hours at Caffe Nero. I was meant to be walking with friends, but we'd all had our booster shot and note of us was feeling up to the challenge.

On the allotment I focused on tidying up after the storm.

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Wednesday

Feeling worse and concluded that I probably had a cold, rather than just a reaction to the booster. Not feeling well at all and a bad productive cough.

Went to Caffe Nero, but spent the rest of the day at home. Fortunately I had a Ask Me Anything video to record, so I did that and I was amazed at how long it took me to answer the questions, there were some tricky ones.

Thursday

Still rough, but managed to get back to the allotment and work through a dozen off jobs. The most important was to get the coldframe lids on over the carrot beds. This stops the carrots freezing too often, but it also means that as I finish harvesting a bed I can quickly get it replanted.