When Should I Plant My Onions ?
When should I plant my onions ?
Why now you fool ! Goldeneye knows his onions …
What a day !
The sun is out - hurrah ! A nice day and some brightness brightens the heart and soul.
I must have foreseen the day as I stirred in the Goldeneye Cot this morning. A feeling of well-being washed over me - either that or I didn’t make the bathroom again !
I started the day in the traditional manner, sticking one foot out of the bed. In my experience I find that it is not even necessary to get the 2nd leg moving before you get a feeling of how the day will go - sometimes it’s best to simply reverse the 1st step !
Not so today, internet taken care of, ablutions done, weight training done, breakfast cooked then off for a bike ride.
Then back to the ranch and The Kitchen Garden !
As of today we’re off and running.
A pile of weeding done and one bed dug over the hoed using the best hoe in the world.
I planted some standard onion sets, some Golden Gourmet onions, red ones, shallots and garlic.
That should get my blood circulating come harvest time, sadly my breath will be such that I’ll not be in with the slightest chance of using this thunderous circulation 
I harvested the last of the carrots and will devour them tonight replenishing some much needed energy after the exertions of today - which but half-way through.
I’ll take myself off around the Freshney Parkway and Aylseby - get the lie of the land so as to get a better topographical feel for the old maps.
Such are the responsibilities of a leading historian
Hope you’re having a great day too
Regards
Multi-Tasking Rod
Little Brother said,
February 10, 2008 @ 12:11 am
Rod,
Thanks for that, a twelve hour shift, two weddings then a drive to Grimsby and back for an hour with two bottles of alcohol free lager and I am finally home. How the other half live!
LB
Witches of Eastwick said,
February 10, 2008 @ 1:21 am
LB,
As we glanced out at the sudden onset of the British summer, we assumed you’d be out in the jungles of the shire, picking fungi and cavorting with nature. It was with some sadness we read that you were called to Grimsby instead…. were you required to give advice to a novice allium setter?
We understand that the only way to get an invite to Wybers Wood’s answer to Gracelands, is to produce a vintage map of Roman occupation… it won’t be long before the first mosaic is unearthed under the shallots!
WoE
Rod said,
February 10, 2008 @ 8:11 am
LB
keep up the good work - somebody has to !
It’s fallen to you to make Britain Great again
RC
Rod said,
February 10, 2008 @ 8:14 am
WoE
a Roman map is unlikely to warrant a personal invitation to Goldeneye Towers though I would be prepared to arrange a meeting - off site as it were
RC
Witches of Eastwick said,
February 10, 2008 @ 11:45 am
Rod,
You’ll be glad to know that we haven’t found any evidence of Roman settlement, however our crystal ball is picking up signs of Britain’s first pyramid belonging to *King Wybers II of Upper and Lower Grimsby, who designed the structure as something of a holiday home…
WoE
* Wybers II was exiled from Egypt due to his radical architectural drawings at a time when the mud hut was proving tricky for the average local builder
Rod said,
February 10, 2008 @ 3:02 pm
WoE
King Wybers II
Perhaps that could be my new title if I have to relinquish being The Most Eligible Bachelor…
King of Wybers
It has a ring to it
Rod
Little Brother said,
February 10, 2008 @ 4:09 pm
WoE,
It was indeed a sad occasion, the last drink with my best friends in a pub I first set foot in with him almost twenty three years ago.
As for foraging, you’ll find me out and about in March, February is a rubbish month.
LB
Witches of Eastwick said,
February 10, 2008 @ 4:28 pm
Rod,
Yes, King Collins or Tut Wybers III … we look forward to the garden party after the anointment ceremony when we will arrive in a traditional rolled up carpet
Goodness knows what they ate in those days but we should tell you that a tube of pringles will definitely not do!
Speaking of sartorial elegance… did you see the programme a few weeks back about the Saville Row tailors? Very interesting and an insight into an elite club. The explorers outfit being refitted was memorable…. where else on earth would this happen, how wonderful.
WoE
Rod said,
February 10, 2008 @ 5:03 pm
WoE
you’ll be first on the list for my inaugural garden party !
I may well declare myself King and then annexe the area as an independent state.
I shall of course run it the Goldeneye way
It will be a have for intellectuals and hot chicks
I did indeed see the Saville Row programme and thoroughly enjoyed it.
- he said:
Particularly the response from the tailor who was asked about advertising and elf-promotion (something he would never do of course)
I’d like to apply the same phrase to this site
We like to think we are a household name in all the houses you’d want to be known in
Witches of Eastwick said,
February 10, 2008 @ 5:11 pm
LB,
It’s always sad when friends move away and some of ours are about as far away as possible. Other friends are scattered about the UK and we don’t see them very often but when we do, it’s a real treat. Anyway, when we’re all feeling sad, just remember there’s always Rod, he’s never going to move
unfortunatelyand that should bring us all some comfortWoE
Witches of Eastwick said,
February 10, 2008 @ 5:24 pm
Rod,
Break out the solar powered gougeres, this will be a splendid party. We will of course, be arriving with vivid Fatboys so no need for extra chairs
As to the haven for intellectuals and hot chicks, will they be invited too?
WoE
Rod said,
February 10, 2008 @ 5:40 pm
WoE
It should be a good do !
Don’t worry about bringing food, I’ll bet LB to do the catering, though he’ll be on strict instructions not to mingle with the guests
Intellectuals or those capable of stimulating conversation will be welcome from 7.30pm onwards - hot chicks especially welcome but after 11.30pm please
Fancy dress is optional, you can see one of my ‘friends’ who I hope will attend attired in fancy dress - the 2nd picture shows here in her in the dress the serving staff will be wearing Alexis Amore
PS: check out the link at the bottom of the Alexis Amore page ‘Rod Collins’ it goes to my Myspace page in all its glory.
For LB: check out the new guitarist !
RC
Witches of Eastwick said,
February 10, 2008 @ 8:55 pm
Rod,
This is all highly exciting stuff and we think it will be a good idea to turn up early to avoid the intellectuals and the hot chicks
What will you do if all the early birds want to chat up LB in the kitchen, where let’s face it, most parties end up? Don’t know about you but we’ll be bringing our cardboard DC, not a great conversationalist but at standing in the corner and smouldering, there’s no one better 
Please make sure there are sacred lotus flowers in the pond… it’s been a tradition for all the previous Tuts of Wybers
WoE
Little Brother said,
February 10, 2008 @ 9:10 pm
Rod,
I’m suprised you haven’t got Hendrix!
Good work fella
LB
Rod said,
February 11, 2008 @ 8:20 am
WoE
leave DC at Home !
The only man who can upstage me, even in cut-out form, is not welcome
If the party ends up with everyone in the kitchen it will not be my idea of a party !
Best
Rod
Witches of Eastwick said,
February 11, 2008 @ 12:51 pm
Rod,
Would you mind outlining the plans for this party after the initial anointing. Two other thoughts while we’re here…. one of the Witches has pointed out that cats would have been sacred and secondly, have you got scarabs?
WoE
Rod said,
February 11, 2008 @ 3:57 pm
WoE
the plans have yet to be finalized though I can tell you it will be a Pagan festival - with all that that entails !
Good point about the cats - I may well sacrifice a few as an offering to Mithras !
have you got scarabs?
No it’s finally cleared up - but thanks for asking
Best
Rod
Witches of Eastwick said,
February 11, 2008 @ 6:05 pm
Rod,
The local rep for specialist anointing oils is currently out of stock - typical! So we’ll switch to plan B, a swift dunking in the pond followed by being carried aloft through the streets and then the highly secretive bandaging ceremony (there are some pages missing from the manual so not sure if this bit should be included
) Plan C is probably out of the question but involves the Vestal (adjective, to do with Vesta, the Roman goddess of the hearth and household) WI gang and a tray of iced buns 
Well that about covers it, is there anything we’ve missed?
WoE
Rod said,
February 11, 2008 @ 6:33 pm
WoE
I’m getting concerned now ! The WI with iced buns will haunt me tonight.
I think I may just assume power and the role without all the pomp and ceremony.
Prosit
Rod