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Chapter 2 – The Oily Ditch – 2022
Month 1 Ditch Water Running Clear
Ten months of oil passed down the storm drain beside my organic garden, last year. What will grow in the oily ditch bankside this year?
Read More2 Early Anticipation in February
February brings a new month basking in optimism for the strength of at least some plants to find a way to thrive in soil saturated […]
Read More3 Oil in March
In March days are lengthening and roots are strengthening. How can anything live in earth full of oil?
Read MoreApril Showers Bring
Surprisingly normal, our April Showers burst out of steel grey skies after glorious sunshine and white, scudding clouds. But the first outburst brings more than […]
Read MoreJune Ditch Repairs
The ditch is in need of immediate action before it all collapses into the water. Using bundles of twigs and branches recently pruned should be […]
Read MoreJuly Requires Attention
The strength of summer causes an enormous spurt in growth but the banks of the ditch are still hiding their horrible secrets.
Read MoreAugust Ditch
The usual challenges of high summer are exacerbated by the never-ending presence of oil still in the ditch.
Read MoreSeptember Strangeness
The lushness of a summer season’s growth on the ditch banks is offset by the deep and lasting summer drought of this year 2022. It […]
Read MoreOily October
This clearly demonstrates how kerosene and heating oil will sink into and saturate anything it covers, and then surface again. The oil was discharged 18 […]
Read MoreNovember Nasties
The lack of rain contributes to the accumulated gundge in the ditch. Once again so very disappointing. Stuck forever?
Read MoreDecember 2022 Drifts into Floods
This oil pollution came into and through my organic garden in March 2021. My monthly records show how it has stuck to everything in its […]
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