Category Archives: Polytunnel

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

Posted on February 26, 2024 by james

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

Posted on March 16, 2022 by james

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

Posted on March 16, 2022 by james

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

Posted on February 28, 2022 by james

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

Posted on November 15, 2021 by james

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

Posted on November 15, 2021 by james

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

Posted on November 14, 2021 by james

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

Posted on November 12, 2021 by james

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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No dig diary, 2nd November 2021

Posted on November 11, 2021 by james

I did finally manage to get lettuces planted out in the polytunnel today. There are quite a variety, mostly ones that are supposed to handle cold fairly well, but some other varieties too that may or may not be happy. … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 28th May 2021

Posted on May 28, 2021 by james

We’re still eating the lettuces that are growing in the polytunnel, but I’ve had to remove the Webbs Wonderful as they ran straight to seed. I think given that the ones I planted last Autumn rotted inside over the winter … Continue reading →

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