Month: March 2026
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Six on Saturday | 21st March 2026
This week we’re going indoors. One pothos cutting from 2010 became a dynasty spanning every room in the house. There’s also a revenge Brugmansia, a succulent that taught my son that broken doesn’t mean dead, a Christmas cactus I snapped in half, and two freshly planted beds of broad beans.
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Six on Saturday | 14th March 2026
The first seeds went into the ground this week — 274 grams of homegrown peas, pressed into the soil by hand. The comeback year is officially underway. Also: survivor thymes, immortal bergenias, a zombie apple tree, and two beds of defrosted freezer archaeology serving as a wildlife buffet.
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The Stealth Bread Project: Case Files 1.8 & 1.9
In which the jar of shame gets a redemption arc, the Nutella Protocol is deployed, and we learn that some grains need backup.
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Six on Saturday | 7th March 2026
I took a year off from the garden. Not on purpose — 2025 was just that kind of year. But it’s early March, the snow is pulling back, and I went outside with a cold and a pair of boots to see what survived. Turns out the garden carried on without me, slightly offended.
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The Stealth Bread Project: Case Files 1.6 & 1.7
In which I finally fix the one obvious thing, then prove the method works with a second grain. Husband selects stealth bread voluntarily. Unprompted