There’s a couple of things on the shortwaves this Sunday 15th January 2023. The first being the repeat of the CBRG show from the Imaginary Stations crew that was broadcast on WRMI a few weeks ago which will be broadcast to Europe via Channel 292 on 6070 kHz at 12 noon UTC.
The second is a tribute to travel show called KBUS to be broadcast later on at 2300 UTC via WRMI on 9395 kHz. Trains, boats and planes and a lot more! Fasten your seatbelts and tune in.
Just when we thought nothing was happening, we lifted off the protection of the raised bed earlier this morning and saw that the giant garlic were poking through the few inches of leaf mulch. I know we read that garlic like grass clipping as mulch but it looks like they like leaves as well. Great to see you garlic!
Before it started to rain today we made a start on the wild bit at the bottom of the garden. The soil was well wet so was hard to turn over and it was mucky to say the least but we got there after about three quarters of an hour at “council worker on job and finish” breakneck speed. There’s still a little bit at the back to do but we did leave a couple of wild plants in and left in the corner some stinging nettles (good to stick on the compost heap and for adding to comfrey liquid for added goodness) and a bramble plant as Blackberries are always welcomed here. Top tip: sometimes when we know the rain is coming we quickly give an area a light going over with a fork just scratching up the top layer and it looks a million times better after the rain!
We also left our cut price budget version of the brilliant wildlife ponds that Bill Shimmers makes. As we’ve said before his ponds are a work of art! A great idea to do and Bill’s ones look brilliant.
Ours sadly is a wee bit lower budget (an old tub from B&Q and some old wood) than Bill’s but we have to start somewhere!
We’re not going to be in the garden much today what with the terrible weather (it’s tipping it down in south London at the moment) apart from just a few minutes ago when we brought the kitchen waste down the compost heap that is looking well healthy (if compost can look healthy that is).
The old bathroom mat that was keeping the warmth in has now decomposed and was full of brandling worms last time we saw it in one piece. Later this year we’re going to have a go at making another open type compost heap as they really are better than the darlek ones and you don’t graze your hand everytime you go to turn it! #vivalacompost
By the way we’re always on the look out for news of any good gardening events in our neck of the woods so if you hear of any seed swaps or potato days do give us a shout. Talking of which we’ve found a great list here on Garden Organic of forthcoming Seed Swaps. Only one in Bromley at the moment but we’re sure they’ll be more added soon. Have a look here. #gardenorganic #seedswaps #freeseeds
Big Shout to our good friend Gerry Hectic for recommending this heavy piece of dub from out of Sahko Recordings Turku, Finland. Excellent stuff Gerry!
And here’s something we just discovered earlier today, an excellent remix of Delroy Wilson by Tabasco Driver out of Spain. Another excellent tune. Dub out and enjoy!
The weather turned out to be good again this morning so we decided to do another short stint of weeding out the back. We did it at a council worker’s “job and finish” speed as we honestly don’t know when we’ll be able to get out there again what with the weather and also returning to work tomorrow.
We managed to collect up a lot of leaves from the path so per the advice given to us by the people who supplied us with the giant garlic we’re using the leaves as mulch in the raised beds as we haven’t got 4″ of grass clippings as suggested. Reckon we’ll be okay with leaves? We’ll find out in the spring.
We also took a lot of rotting leaves off the netting over the pond that was being weighed down and going into the water. We’re sure that rotting leaves ain’t that good for the pond (have a look here why they’re no good) and it is looking a lot clearer now. Roll on the next time we can get out the back!
This post was written whilst listening to this excellent collection of hip-hop instrumentals by N&L from Norway from 2015. Some good tunes here!
Happy New Year and best wishes for 2023 to all from us at Weeds!
It wasn’t raining this morning for once so we did a little bit in the garden quite early on (in a sort of a mean as you go on for the rest of the year type thing). It seemed like an age since we were last out there and we did the old council trick of starting nearest the house and working towards the end of the garden. We only spent just over an hour but as you know we are from the “little and often” school, remember any time you spend out there now will save you bags of time in the spring.
We discovered things we’d forgotten about that like this brassica (below) that’s still going strong, the giant garlics we put in last month are starting to sprout and we even moved a couple of plants about. A question that was on our minds was why didn’t any of the dahlias we have in didn’t flower this year? Anyway may you all have a good 2023 and do get back out there if you get a chance!
On the radio this evening is a transmission celebrating shortwave radio by the Imaginary Stations crew. It’s broadcast at 2300 UTC on 9395 kHz by WRMI and is called Kearsarge North Transmission Service (KNTS). Expect some ham radio/shortwave themed music, numbers stations and Ionosphere Jazz. Here’s more about the transmission tonight:
At 15.43 into the show there’s a shortwave inspired mix from One Deck Pete featuring tunes from Shortwave Sounds, Kwook, Jodey Kendrick, Yomakomba and a shortwave exclusive of a remix of Nocturnal Emissions by Madtone. After the transmission a recording of the show will be available on their mixcloud site here.
If you’re mad about shortwave radio tune in tonight and if you haven’t a shortwave radio tune into 9395 kHz in AM mode here.
On Christmas Evening the Imaginary Stations series on WRMI on shortwave featured CBRG a tribute to the Seeburg Corporation. The show is now up online below for all to enjoy. Listen in if you want to get into a mall mood.
At 15.40 mins in One Deck Pete presents a mix for CBRG
Tracklistings
Alpha Centori – Enter the ghost mall
SJD – Shopping Malls
Minimatic – Easy is my name
Faint Waves – Island Fantasia (Cabana Edit)
Moxie – 95′ closing
It’ll be broadcast again to Europe via Channel 292 at 1200 UTC on Sunday 15th January 2023 if you fancy hearing it on 6070 kHz via the ionosphere.
We were suprised, saddened and shocked to hear of the passing of Terry Hall earlier this week. We really don’t know what to say about it as like lots of people, himself alongside The Specials were a part of our musical lives.
Rather than getting all maudlin about it, let’s raise a smile at something daft we found in a Mojo interview with him from a while back:
“I get obsessed with stuff. In the late ’90s I was trying to perfect conifer height, I remember that. I planted about 30 conifers, and I wanted them to all grow at the same level. You buy them, and they’re all 18 inches, and you plant them all at the same depth, feed and water them all the same, and some died and some went brown. Why? It really did my head in…”
Life and Gardening, two things that can do your head in. RIP Terry Hall.
Weeds up to me knees 