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Kristian Strutt @kdstrutt.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

My 9 albums #my9albums www.my9albums.com/s/0iV5ZwJEU8 Well. Today at least.

Kristian Strutt @kdstrutt.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

A few hours #allotment #allotmentlife clearing the herb bed and planting peppermint. Made some manure tea ready to use next week on the leeks and noticed figlets on one of the figs! A beautiful day to be out as the seasons turn.

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Kristian Strutt @kdstrutt.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Now there has been some rain the #allotment autumn crops are coming along. Cima di Rapa, leeks, radish and turnip. Brambles to dig out and the last of the potatoes to harvest. Autumn woodsmoke is in the air #allotmentlife

View across the allotment with Isle of Wight in the distance and woodsmoke

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Kristian Strutt @kdstrutt.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Well, better than I'm doing. Give me two days and I'll be on top of the brambles!

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Kristian Strutt @kdstrutt.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Afternoon at the #allotment #allotmentlife mainly mowing, strumming, battling brambles and picking pears. We finished the pergola last weekend ready for some dessert grape cuttings to provide summer shade and fruit. Leeks, cima di rapa radish and turnip doing well 😁

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Kristian Strutt @kdstrutt.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Ok, hear me out. A Lord of the Rings remake, but with these two taking the One Ring to Mordor:

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Kristian Strutt @kdstrutt.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

What scene makes you emotional no matter how many times you see it?

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Kristian Strutt @kdstrutt.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

In spite of the drought conditions plenty to harvest #allotment #allotmentlife with plums apples pears and potatoes, culminating in a taste test ready for choosing seed for next year. Preferences for Nicola then Kestrel plus Desiree as main crop. Nadine were a bit naff 🤔

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Kristian Strutt @kdstrutt.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

It's all gone a bit Magna Graecia in the middle of the week.

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Kristian Strutt @kdstrutt.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Suspended by Ghent University. Surely he should have been suspended by his testicles?

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Kristian Strutt @kdstrutt.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

It's greener in the south of Italy!

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Kristian Strutt @kdstrutt.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

There's a lovely yeoman's farmhouse further out from the big medieval farmhouse which would do nicely. I also have a soft spot for the 19th century railway cottages as they are so similar to our ickle house in Southampton.

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Kristian Strutt @kdstrutt.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Dusty Bin. The crystal meth years.

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Kristian Strutt @kdstrutt.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

A truly sobering time at #allotment #allotmentlife. Four months with no rain to speak of and a month of hosepipe ban. So different from even one month ago, with plum trees and apple trees withering and an infestation of codling moth throughout. Climate change in action. 😔

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Kristian Strutt @kdstrutt.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Harebells in the dunes at Embleton, Northumberland.

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Kristian Strutt @kdstrutt.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Initial pessimistic thoughts on state of #allotment #allotmentlife improved with harvest of early and second early potatoes and shallots 😁

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Kristian Strutt @kdstrutt.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Sublime! One of my favourite albums is this. Also have a soft spot for the Danny Kirwan albums like Bare Trees.

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Kristian Strutt @kdstrutt.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Snap. Towel for mopping sweat also pictured. The office reached a balmy 30 today, and 37 yesterday afternoon. Worth waiting for, as they say.

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Kristian Strutt @kdstrutt.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Climbing rose The Pilgrim cut today. The scent is incredible.

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Kristian Strutt @kdstrutt.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Sunday evening pint. One from your neck of the woods @mattpope.bsky.social

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Kristian Strutt @kdstrutt.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

In spite of everything got up to the #allotmemt this evening, to hoe, strim, mow, weed and water. Still lots to catch up on but crops of onions, shallots, garlic, broad beans and spuds seem to be surviving the warm weather.

Allotment terrace beds with shallots, garlic and potatoes

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Kristian Strutt @kdstrutt.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

For the last fifteen years when camping I've relied on an Indian Primus stove knock-off called a Prabhat. It hasn't exploded and, for a small amount of paraffin, still cooks some brilliant breakfasts and dinners

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Kristian Strutt @kdstrutt.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Curious George. The Crystal Meth Years.

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Kristian Strutt @kdstrutt.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Going all fluxgate in Cranborne Chase.

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Kristian Strutt @kdstrutt.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

It's a hard life but someone's got to do it

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Kristian Strutt @kdstrutt.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

#allotment #allotmentlife bottom of the allotment sorted. Headland cleared and new fenceposts (old scaffolding poles) in. Loganberries and tayberries tied in plus a splendid climbing rose in bloom. Shallots and spuds starting to produce growth. Thornless blackberry and bramble clearing tomorrow 😋

A glimpse beyond tool shed to the plots beyond

Fencing along a headland with a rose in bloom

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Kristian Strutt @kdstrutt.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

#allotment slowly being knocked into shape 😎

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Kristian Strutt @kdstrutt.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

On #openaccess co-edited with Anna Collar Paul Johnson and Katherine Crawford in honour of Prof. Simon Keay. Thank you to all of the colleagues and friends of Simon who contributed. www.archaeopress.com/Archaeopress...

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Kristian Strutt @kdstrutt.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Afternoon up the #allotment. Bed cleared and onions planted. Shallots garlic and potatoes weeded. Lots more to do but the roses and globe artichokes have started.

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Kristian Strutt @kdstrutt.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

And the seasons swing around and spring properly arrives #allotment

Beds with potatoes, garlic and shallots.

Across the allotment towards the Isle of Wight.

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Kristian Strutt @kdstrutt.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Progress at the #allotment this afternoon. Still need to get main crop potatoes in though 😁

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Kristian Strutt @kdstrutt.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Shallots finally coming through, plus garlic, and the beds in one plot looking better. Apple blossom coming in the dwarf pyramid apples, and I finally managed to start joining hands with some of the apple trees for support #allotmentlife

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Kristian Strutt @kdstrutt.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

A few hours up the plot getting the second early seed potatoes in. Earlier this week international Kidney and Charlotte in. Today Kestrel and Nicola. Desiree, Nadine and King Edward still to go. Some using comfrey, others with beautiful well rotted manure #allotmentlife