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Category Archives: Smallholding
What is it with weeds this year?
Last weekend I finished weeding the veggie plot beds (though the strawberry, raspberry and flower beds still need doing) for the fourth time this year. And there were so many! My compost bins are about 5′ (1.5m) square and I … Continue reading
Memory Lane, 28th August 2023: Damsons and plums
Freshly picked…
Memory Lane, August 2023: Cabbage for everyone
Later in the year I picked an even heavier one, but at the time this was a record for me…
Testing the solar wax melter
I’m afraid the photos here really aren’t that great, mostly because the melter needs to face the Sun as much as possible, but what we have is the tray full of “crumbled” comb, mostly from old brood frames. I’m told … Continue reading
Memory Lane, 28th August 2023: Huge tomatoes!
These are all Amish Paste. Not the largest I’ve ever grown, but certainly right up there.
Solar Wax Melter mk2
A few years back I took apart my original solar wax melter to rebuild as a steam-powered version. The original worked well enough, but it just didn’t have the capacity I wanted. Now I’ve reached the point where the expensive … Continue reading
Memory Lane, 26th August 2023: Tunnel of love apples
Not yet ripe, but looking promising 😀
Beehive paint
Some of my wooden beehives boxes are a bit worn and tired (or just weren’t made too accurately) and only really suitable for use as bait hives. But how to tell them from my other wooden hives that I’m happy … Continue reading
Memory Lane, 26th August 2023: Damn vandals!
I only made this path a few days ago! I suspect a badger has been hunting for worms. It could have left things a bit more tidy though 🙁
Yet more planting out
Another day of planting out in pretty warm sunshine which hasn’t exactly been common so far this year. Today more brassicas went in along with sweet corn and climbing beans (runner beans, green beans and borlotti beans). Took a while … Continue reading
Posted in Smallholding, Veg plot
Tagged borlotti beans, french beans, runner beans, sweetcorn
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