Monthly Archives: March 2024

Memory Lane, 4th November 2022: Getting a bit chile

Posted on March 31, 2024 by james

I know it’s not many, but this makes me so happy. We eat so many pickled jalapenos. These might only last three or four months. But having them out of our own garden rather than bought from a supermarket feels … Continue reading →

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It’s string, Jim, but not as we know it?

Posted on March 31, 2024 by james

I wanted some twine in a hurry to finish setting up some of the pea supports so ordered it from that South American river place because they have stuff that’s biodegradable and can go into the compost along with the … Continue reading →

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Memory Lane, 31st October 2022: My first loofahs

Posted on March 31, 2024 by james

I peeled a couple of the luffa fruit today. They’re not really fully ripe so it was a little tough to get the skins off, but I eventually managed it. The seeds were still white rather than the normal black … Continue reading →

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More for the compost heap

Posted on March 31, 2024 by james

My daughter mowed the grass again today. The second time this season and it’s still March! It is growing astonishingly fast. She had a decent trailer full of clippings despite cutting it only last weekend and only doing half the … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 31st March 2024

Posted on March 31, 2024 by james

My timing was all messed up today because of the clocks changing, confused even more by my bedside clock resetting itself early in the morning thanks to a power cut. Nonetheless, I managed to get lots of sweet peas, sugar … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 30th March 2024

Posted on March 30, 2024 by james

Such a pleasure to have a day without rain! I was on a mission today, starting with planting out all my onion seedlings. I reckon there are in the region of 700 plants, a mix of red and brown onions. … Continue reading →

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Memory Lane, 30th October 2022: Not much room left

Posted on March 29, 2024 by james

I’ve often wondered what triggers this to happen… Given that we’ve lived here almost twenty years, it’s common to see mushrooms pop up in roughly the same places each year. And there are some that appear where I’ve been spreading … Continue reading →

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So I might build a “polycrub” sooner than planned

Posted on March 29, 2024 by james

Given the problems I’ve been having with my cheapy polytunnel, it struck me today that I could turn it into a kind of polycrub given, say, some recycled scaffold boards for the sides and six sheets of twinwall polycarbonate. I … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 29th March 2024

Posted on March 29, 2024 by james

You’re not going to believe this: we had a load more rain today. More than once I was forced to take shelter in a greenhouse or polytunnel to avoid the horizontal raindrops. I was watering in the polytunnel at one … Continue reading →

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Memory Lane, 30th October 2022: Yes, we have no tomatoes

Posted on March 28, 2024 by james

We’ve reached that point. I decided that what tomatoes there are aren’t going to ripen any further on the vines, so I picked absolutely everything. and then removed all the plants from the polytunnel. I’d missed spreading compost on the … Continue reading →

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