Category Archives: Smallholding

Memory Lane, 27th August 2022: Sweets for my sweet, warmer for my honey

Posted on March 10, 2024 by james

Years ago I had an uncontrolled warming cabinet made from a 40W incandescent light bulb inside an old chest freezer, but I decided that the time had come to speak of many things replace it with something better. So, off … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 10th March 2024

Posted on March 10, 2024 by james

I AM ALL WEEDED OUT! But fortunately so is the vegetable plot. Despite yesterday’s rain and the fact that I am still feverish due to the lurgy that I’ve had for the last few days I forced myself to dodge … Continue reading →

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Memory Lane, 24th August 2022: It’s a jig, Jim, but not as we know it

Posted on March 9, 2024 by james

Cut a man some wood and he’ll start IKEA, give a man a tablesaw and there’ll not be a tree in sight within six months. As the saying goes. Easy-peasy one this, but it makes life so simple. I must … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 9th March 2024

Posted on March 9, 2024 by james

I’m not sure the Sun rose today, it was so dark all day. And we’ve had a fair bit of rain, too. I braved the rain to move my potted-up strawberries into Frankenstein’s Greenhouse and then retired inside a greenhouse … Continue reading →

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Memory Lane, 20th August 2022: A beekeeping toolbox

Posted on March 8, 2024 by james

Some people apparently use shopping bags, but I prefer things to be a little more ordered and hunted around the interwebs for a suitable design. Eventually I came up with something that I thought would do the job, but I … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 8th March 2024

Posted on March 8, 2024 by james

Yet more weeding today, but I’m now on the final leg and actually the last (small) bed and a half don’t look too bad at all. Which is a good thing, as in the last few weeks it feels as … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 7th March 2024

Posted on March 7, 2024 by james

The ground is, err, slightly less damp today, so I decided I really had to get on with some weeding before the beds in the veg plot become a tangled mess of bittercress. I did some of the beds a … Continue reading →

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Memory Lane, 17th August 2022: A hive barrow

Posted on March 6, 2024 by james

My father-in-law bought a two-wheeled barrow for his wife to use because he thought it would be more stable, but she found it too heavy, so I suggested that he move the (metal) barrow body to a single-wheeled chassis that … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 6th March 2024

Posted on March 6, 2024 by james

I was hoping to get more seeds sown today, but circumstances intervened and I completely failed. Not least because I am now completely out of propagator space despite moving six trays of peppers into the main greenhouse. And to do … Continue reading →

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More ply for beehive parts

Posted on March 6, 2024 by james

I needed some more thin ply, so I messaged a local business that I’ve collected some from previously. They told me they’d be cutting up to 50 (2.4m x 1.2m or 8’x4′) sheets this week and I was welcome to … Continue reading →

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