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Category Archives: Smallholding
No dig diary, 1st September 2026
I didn’t really do much work other than tidying up and a little harvesting today. Peppers are starting to ripen in the polytunnel. And there are plenty of large tomatoes that should be on their way soon. I even found … Continue reading
First major delivery of apples arrive for pressing
I think this will be tomorrow’s job.
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A first batch of pickled chiles
In this case, they’re Hungarian Black. I have no ripe Jalapenos yet. There was a little pickling solution left over from a previous pickling session, so I went over the plants and removed any of the chiles that were black. … Continue reading
Looking forward to this ripening
No idea whether it’s going to get any bigger, but I can hope 😀
Cucumbergeddon has begun!
It’s cucumbers with every meal at the moment 😀
No dig diary, 25th August 2026
Between sleeps this afternoon I got out and did some weeding in the polytunnel. It was unpleasantly hard work despite sitting on a stool and the weeds only being small. However, to cheer me up a little I found a … Continue reading
Plain brown packaging required
For this cucumber.
No dig diary, 23rd August 2026
Another item spotted whilst watering. This time in one of the greenhouses. A small melon. I’m so pleased to see this though. I always seem to struggle with melons. Perhaps the warmth and sunshine this year has made it all … Continue reading
What have I been up to?
No, I haven’t been throttling the life out of the squirrels that have yet again nicked all the walnuts off my walnut tree, though I feel I could be excused for such an action. In fact I have been picking … Continue reading
No dig diary, 22nd August 2026
Whilst watering in the polytunnel this evening I discovered that I have a cucumber that appears to identify as a tomato. I also harvested the first of my brown sweet peppers. I love the colour of these.