Category Archives: Polytunnel

Memory Lane, 8th October 2022: Getting a bit chile

The weather is definitely starting to feel autumnal now and it’s time to harvest what I can from the polytunnel as and when it’s available. So these may be the last of the cayenne peppers, or if it’s mild I … Continue reading

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Memory Lane, 1st September 2022: Tomatotastic, mate!

Time to pick all the ripe tomatoes so those left on the vines have some change of getting ripe before the days become too short and cold. Apero F1: I think these are something like “Limoncello”, but I’m not sure. … Continue reading

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Memory Lane, 21st July 2022: A tale of two garlics

Towards the end of 2021 I planted garlic cloves out in the main vegetable plot as well as in the polytunnel beds so I could compare how they did. Not very well was the answer in the case of the … Continue reading

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No dig diary, 16th March 2022

It’s been a grey and wet day today, so I chose not to do anything out in the open. I did however transplant my first batch of radishes (sown 13th February) and peas for shoots (sown 9th February) into the … Continue reading

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No dig diary, 12th March 2022

No sowing today. Mostly I’ve been thinning the hedge alongside our polytunnel to stop it shading the tunnel quite so much. Not much time left for doing this sort of stuff now. Spring hasn’t arrived here yet, but driving into … Continue reading

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No dig diary, 28th February 2022

I forgot to take a photo of the polytunnel garlic yesterday, so here it is today. I really can’t believe it’s so tall so soon.

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No dig diary, 15th November 2021

These are my eight leaf radish plants in the polytunnel Or they would be, if one hadn’t gone missing last night. I found its remains about twelve feet away over the other side of the tunnel with the root mostly … Continue reading

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No dig diary, 14th November 2021

This morning I weeded the greenhouse and polytunnel. There weren’t very many in the greenhouse and what there were in the polytunnel were mostly self-inflicted — germinated seeds from the marigolds I had planted between the tomatoes. Something has been … Continue reading

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No dig diary, 14th November 2021

This morning I weeded the greenhouse and polytunnel. There weren’t very many in the greenhouse and what there were in the polytunnel were mostly self-inflicted — germinated seeds from the marigolds I had planted between the tomatoes. Something has been … Continue reading

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A Year Without Digging

How I learned to dig the soil and not dig my vegetable plot To a greater or lesser extent I’ve been growing my own fruit and vegetables for twenty years or more. The size of the plot has ebbed and … Continue reading

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