Well, I got told off today for not having blogged since the start of October and the person who told me off was quite right - I should be on here at least once a week. Apologies all - now I know you're out there, I'm inspired to carry on! But I'd be even more inspired if you left comments now and again so I know I'm not alone.
Anyway, not a lot has been happening, really, which is why I guess I've been so quiet. There's not a lot of interesting gardening to report (you don't really want to know about me mending the greenhouse or sweeping up the leaves) but I've got my onions in to overwinter (M (you know who you are!) - photo from 30 September above, up-to-date one to follow as promised when it's daylight!) and am desperately trying to find a space for some garlic - my forward planning for next year has been a bit affected by the fact that I've still got loads of things going strong (carrots, spinach, chard, turnips, broccoli and brussels) and haven't got the heart to pull them up. Pathetic. I've had a great crop of raspberries though, which took me a bit by surprise because I thought they were a spring variety and have been pruning them accordingly - they did fruit in the spring so I lopped off the canes that had fruited (which is what you should do) but the ones that were left fruited this autumn rather than next spring. Weird.
Work has been really quiet (have done nothing gainful since the end of September) but I've just got a new contract to deliver an accredited programme for a company I've not worked for before starting the week after next. It's particularly exciting because I'll be delivering - for the very first time - to a totally private sector audience, an audience from the production sector. Mind you, the lack of work hasn't been for lack of effort but, unfortunately, two companies I was due to see (one to do a presentation to, the other to do a week's training with after passing the first two parts of their selection process) have been messing around with dates. It's all been a bit messy .....
So, with lots of time on my hands and not much gardening to do, what have I been doing in addition to chasing work? Well, to tell the truth, I've started to write a book - it's going to be called something like "An A - Z of Work Based Learning" and is really a natural extension of the research I did for my Master's. I'm aiming for around 30000 words to begin with (around 3000 done so far) and then we'll see where we are. I haven't set myself a deadline though, but I suppose I ought to. Oh yes, and we went to the caravan for a few days, have been down to Brighton to see Emily a couple of times, up to Nottingham for Laura's birthday, had the latter at home for a few days during reading week, have done lots of visiting friends (but should do more), and that's about it.
I'll really try to be back a bit sooner next time .....
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