Category Archives: Polytunnel

Veg plot 2020: (Almost) the last of the tomatoes

Posted on October 18, 2020 by james

Yesterday afternoon I picked over all of our non-cherry tomato plants to collect all the ripe/mostly ripe ones which are apparently going to be made into soup, and the green ones that will be made into chutney, so this is … Continue reading →

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Home made pasta sauce base

Posted on October 20, 2013 by james

The days are getting shorter and the remaining tomatoes in the polytunnel don’t look like they’re getting that much riper, so today we picked about two thirds of the ripest, which actually turned out to be far more tomatoes than … Continue reading →

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Veg Plot Progress

Posted on April 12, 2012 by james

Busy times at the moment. This is the veg. plot as it looked at the start of March. It’s a big plot and in previous years has taken a very long time to dig over by hand, so this year … Continue reading →

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This Year’s Veg Plot Plans

Posted on January 22, 2012 by james

This week I finally got around to ordering most of the seeds for our vegetable plot. Somewhat later than I usually do it (I plan to get everything sorted in November if I can, but events have overtaken me somewhat … Continue reading →

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Polytunnel Chiles

Posted on January 10, 2012 by james

Most years I try to grow a few different varieties of chile in the polytunnel. Jalapenos are always on the list so we can pickle them for use on pizzas, in fajitas and tacos and suchlike. 2011 hasn’t exactly been … Continue reading →

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