Monthly Archives: April 2024

Memory Lane, 26th November 2022

Posted on April 8, 2024 by james

Oh dear! No more apple peeling for you! After several years of sterling service, the crank on our apple peeler/corer has snapped off. Don’t think there’s much I can do to repair this one. It might be time to invest … Continue reading →

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Asparagus are go!

Posted on April 8, 2024 by james

I’m sure these weren’t there yesterday, but they’re definitely there now 😀 I’m so excited about this. They were planted three winters ago, so this year is the first year we’ll actually harvest any. I’ll need to look up how … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 8th April 2024

Posted on April 8, 2024 by james

I last weeded the big polytunnel and the greenhouses in January and today decided it was time to do them again, removing the Winter salads that are already starting to flower at the same time — the leaves become tough … Continue reading →

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Memory Lane, 15th November 2022: A new beekeeping tool

Posted on April 8, 2024 by james

Given all the under-floor entrances I have made, there is now a possible need for a tool to clear the entrance slot of rubbish in case it gets blocked up, so today I had a swift visit to the workshop … Continue reading →

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Frankenstein’s greenhouse gets a “strawberry shelf”

Posted on April 8, 2024 by james

I posted about a week ago that I was going to look at making a shelf for Frankenstein’s greenhouse that I could put strawberries on in the hope of getting an early crop. The mess of reclaimed timber leaning against … Continue reading →

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Memory Lane, 13th November 2022: Juice, juice baby

Posted on April 6, 2024 by james

It’s that time again. Always seems to come around so soon even though it’s mid-November already. The apple press is on its annual outing… Looks very appealing (I tried to make that more like appleing, but it just didn’t work … Continue reading →

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Something undead is in the workshop

Posted on April 6, 2024 by james

I posted back in February that I had a couple of LED striplights in the workshop that weren’t working and that I was going to try to replace the capacitors in the power supply to see if that would fix … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 6th April 2024

Posted on April 6, 2024 by james

A third consecutive day of sowing! As much because thanks to “Storm Kathleen” there’s little else can be done today. Salad onions have not done well so far this year, so I have sown more, as well as peas for … Continue reading →

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Memory Lane, 12th November 2022: This really is the last of the peppers

Posted on April 5, 2024 by james

Today I picked everything that was left in the polytunnel, regardless of whether it was ripe or not. Nothing much useful is going to happen from this point on, so leaving them will just mean they start rotting. Some gorgeous … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 5th April 2024

Posted on April 5, 2024 by james

More sowing today. And more poppies too, though this time for show rather than for seeds that will be eaten. And then some yellow beetroot, four seeds to a cell to be thinned to four plants if more germinate.

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