My inbox is full of messages from Percy Thrower types demanding I weed my potato patch (ok, ok, it’s just my mum).

So I have bowed to public pressure and unreservedly apologise for my earlier idleness.

Auto-generated description: Green garden bags line up against a wooden fence in a backyard with a compost bin nearby.

Earthed up my potatoes this evening and watered them for the first time since I can’t remember when.

Auto-generated description: A compost bin in a garden is surrounded by plants and is being emptied with a shovel into a container.

Last year I was like an over-anxious parent, feeding, earthing up and watering them at every opportunity. This year I haven’t been bothered. Hope that isn’t a mistake. They seem to be thriving regardless.

Auto-generated description: Several black and green fabric pots are arranged in a garden, each filled with various growing plants.

Also can’t be bothered to remove the weeds.

Fund Britain’s Waterways.

The Canal & River Trust (CRT), which manages over 2,000 miles of waterways, relies heavily on government grants to maintain this infrastructure. From 2027, CRT is set to lose 40% of its grant funding, threatening the maintenance and accessibility of canals and rivers.

Tax the rich, ffs!

A narrowboat is moored on a calm canal beside a modern building surrounded by lush greenery.

Sitting ducks.

A partially submerged car covered with a tarp is seen in a body of water, with ducks resting on top.

Back to five again.

A duck swims in a calm, reflective body of water surrounded by greenery.

Seem to be two new cootlings this morning.

A group of coots, including a larger black coot and smaller coots, swim in a pond with rippling water.

Seven little ducks?

A duck and her ducklings stand by a pond surrounded by greenery.

Only eleven this morning.

Twelve little ducks.

A mother duck is swimming in a pond with her ducklings, surrounded by the reflection of trees on the water.

Now You’re God / Dying Comes So Easy recreated in full. Original here.

True then, and true now.

29 years ago. Getting closer to the grave.

Thirty three years ago?