Category Archives: Polytunnel

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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No dig diary, 9th May 2021

Posted on May 10, 2021 by james

Today I sowed climbing beans (Cobra and Borlotto Lingua di Fuoco) and runner beans (Czar), the first to eat fresh and the latter two to pod and use over the winter. I also emptied out three of the pots containing … Continue reading →

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Not mushroom in the polytunnel?

Posted on March 22, 2021 by james

Then I’ll need to get rid of these little chaps. No idea what they are, but they’re growing all over the place. I’ve not had mushrooms growing in the polytunnel before, so I have to assume they’re from spores that … Continue reading →

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“Automatic” watering for the polytunnel

Posted on March 19, 2021 by james

Generally we pump water from our well into five IBCs to water the polytunnel, but the new beds will be watered using “leaky pipe”. I’ve now stretched these out along the beds and pinned them down at each end to … Continue reading →

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Damage from Storm Bella

Posted on December 28, 2020 by james

Storm Bella may have brought us the strongest winds we’ve had here for some years and given the saturation of the ground I was concerned that we might see a few trees come down. We appear to have got off … Continue reading →

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