Il mio pomodoro e una gallina

April 11, 2012

Ever a sucker for new productivity porn that will make me effective, successful and attractive to small animals, I’m kicking the tyres of The Pomodoro Technique. In a nutshell: work at something for 25 minutes, resisting all distractions; take a 3-5 minute break; repeat. Every four sessions, take a long break. This all happened because [...]

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Wisteria in the ‘hood

April 8, 2012

The abundant wisteria in the neighbourhood looks much better to the eye than to the camera. No matter. I had hoped to be able to solve a mystery for this post; why do Italians call wisteria glicine? To me, the Greek root for glycine is associated with sweetness, although the plant that springs to mind [...]

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Garden News

April 3, 2012

Everything that I wanted to come through the winter has, some of it in rare good form. The bonsai wisteria, one of seven that I grew from seed I collected in 2007, is still bonsai and flowering for all it is worth. The flower colours and other aspects differ among the seven; I wonder whether [...]

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