Author Archives: james

[24th July] The second earlies are definitely dying back now, so I lifted them this evening. These are Charlotte, and definitely more yellow I would say than the International Kidney first earlies. I also noticed this when I was checking … Continue reading →

[21st July] I had another harvest of eggs today: That’s an awful lot of potential caterpillars 🙁 I assume they must have been from two different butterflies as one group looks rather scruffy and the other is very neat and … Continue reading →

[20th July] We’ve lifted a few of the first early potatoes already to go pretty much straight into the pan, but they are starting to get a bit large and I could use the space for something else, so I … Continue reading →

[19th July] Planted another batch of radish and spring onions today as well as doing a little weeding. Caught sight of these this afternoon. Far too obvious, I thought. Clearly there’s an attempt at misdirection here. So I had a … Continue reading →

[18th July] Spent most of today out in the garden. Finished shredding the laurel we “pruned” at last, and added it to the compost heap. Then planted out the last of the brassicas (some multi-coloured cauliflowers my daughter chose) and … Continue reading →

[15th July] More garden veggies for dinner this evening 🙂 Including some of the multi-coloured carrots that my daughter wanted to plant. I didn’t realise quite how multi-coloured they were going to be. This is the top cut off one … Continue reading →

[14th July] My son cooked us baked salmon for dinner this evening, with new potatoes, green beans, baby carrots, tomatoes and olives. The tomatoes and olives didn’t come from the garden (not quite enough ripe tomatoes yet), but the rest … Continue reading →

[11th July] We had a bit of family afternoon weeding and generally sorting stuff out in the veg plot today. Fed some lettuce that had run to seed to the chickens, pulled some beetroot that my wife is going to … Continue reading →

[6th July] My wife came in from the garden today and brought me these little bursts of sweetness: Alpine strawberries. Tiny little things, but so tasty… I did a bit of weeding and caterpillar squishing in the brassicas this evening … Continue reading →

[5th July] My wife has been making (raspberry and gooseberry, though not together) jam this weekend, and cherry pie filling to go in the freezer. We also picked the largest of the beetroot and had beetroot soup for lunch today … Continue reading →