Category Archives: Smallholding

Veg plot 2020: Multi-sown radishes

Posted on December 22, 2020 by james

I mentioned recently that I sowed some spare radish seeds in modules right at the end of September, four seeds to a module. A month later I transplanted the modules into the first new no-dig bed in the polytunnel. The … Continue reading →

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Dib! Dib! Dib!

Posted on December 22, 2020 by james

Well, ok, just the one will do. Inspired by Charles Dowding’s long-handled dibber that he uses for planting out module-grown plants in his no-dig plots, I decided I’d make one of my own. Unfortunately the only broken fork/spade handle I … Continue reading →

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So, apparently deer like beetroot?

Posted on December 22, 2020 by james

Or the leaves, at least. Whilst I was wandering through the veggie plot a couple of days back I noticed that all the leaves had disappeared from the beetroot. We have a few regular visitors, but none that could make … Continue reading →

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Veg plot 2020: A fistful of leaves

Posted on December 21, 2020 by james

The menu for this week required some salad leaves and whilst my wife was prepared to (horror!) buy something, I was determined to see what I could pull together from the winter salads even though it has only been ten … Continue reading →

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Veg plot 2020: Baby leaves only

Posted on December 10, 2020 by james

Nine days since my last pick of the winter salads and the growth rate has really dropped off a cliff. I went to pick what I could earlier today and got at most a couple of small leaves from each … Continue reading →

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Greenhouse reassembly progress

Posted on December 10, 2020 by james

I think I’ve worked out where most parts of the “new” greenhouse fit now, and I’m over halfway to having the frame reassembled. I’ve had to straighten out a couple of the frame members which had presumably been bent whilst … Continue reading →

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A greenhouse jigsaw

Posted on December 4, 2020 by james

Braving the rather chilly northerly wind today I sorted through all the bits of what I believed to be the 10×10 greenhouse and separated them out into similar parts. After that I could start to decide which pieces went where … Continue reading →

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Veg plot 2021: How do you like them onions?

Posted on December 4, 2020 by james

Having posted yesterday about how the garlic was doing so well, a little update on the multi-sown onions that were planted out during the second week of October. These are the (Red Baron) red onions, sown at the very end … Continue reading →

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Veg plot 2021: Garlic going great guns

Posted on December 3, 2020 by james

Despite very little else growing outdoors at the moment, the garlic that I planted on 10th October seems to be going well. To be fair the onions are also looking quite healthy and I should perhaps post a photo of … Continue reading →

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Veg plot 2021: Yet more compost…

Posted on December 3, 2020 by james

Yesterday I finished spreading out the compost that I’d trailered into the veg plot earlier in the week. I only just realised that the beds I spread it on are at opposite corners. Couldn’t make things more awkward 🙂 It’s … Continue reading →

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