Monthly Archives: December 2020

Polytunnel garlic is go!

A month ago I planted a second batch of garlic in the polytunnel. There were two reasons for doing so: first because I couldn’t get hold of the variety I wanted when I was looking to plant outdoors (that variety … Continue reading

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Preserving polytunnel pepper plants

Prior to a couple of months ago I’d never really thought about peppers (sweet peppers and chiles) as perennials. In the main in the UK they seem to be grown as annuals. Since they are perennials, trying to keep them … Continue reading

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Veg plot 2020: Multi-sown radishes

I mentioned recently that I sowed some spare radish seeds in modules right at the end of September, four seeds to a module. A month later I transplanted the modules into the first new no-dig bed in the polytunnel. The … Continue reading

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Dib! Dib! Dib!

Well, ok, just the one will do. Inspired by Charles Dowding’s long-handled dibber that he uses for planting out module-grown plants in his no-dig plots, I decided I’d make one of my own. Unfortunately the only broken fork/spade handle I … Continue reading

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So, apparently deer like beetroot?

Or the leaves, at least. Whilst I was wandering through the veggie plot a couple of days back I noticed that all the leaves had disappeared from the beetroot. We have a few regular visitors, but none that could make … Continue reading

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Veg plot 2020: A fistful of leaves

The menu for this week required some salad leaves and whilst my wife was prepared to (horror!) buy something, I was determined to see what I could pull together from the winter salads even though it has only been ten … Continue reading

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Swimming, 18th December 2020

Same set as yesterday for today, but fortunately my lane was a little quieter and I was a bit more on the ball with the timings. I managed to get through the 50m set with no failures though I can’t … Continue reading

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Swimming, 17th December 2020

So, a new set today: 20 x 50m, target time 55s, interval 85s recovery 16 x 25m, target time 21s, interval 60s (or as many reps as there are time for) Actually it didn’t go too badly at all. I … Continue reading

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Swimming, 15th December 2020

After yesterday’s unimpressive performance, today’s was much better and back on a par with last Friday. I can be happy with that. No swimming tomorrow, but on Thursday I’ll knock five seconds off the interval and see how things go.

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Swimming, 14th December 2020

After a fairly busy weekend I wasn’t really in the mood to push myself harder today, so I decided I’d swim the same set as last time. Perhaps just as well, as it turned out: the 50m reps were a … Continue reading

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