Category Archives: Veg plot

Memory Lane, 14th February 2023: My secret cardboard stash

Posted on April 24, 2024 by james

No secret any more, I guess 😀 Over the Winter I’ve been collecting all our cardboard boxes (no way are the recyclers getting their hands on these!) so I can make more no dig beds this year. I’m really not … Continue reading →

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Second harvest of the asparagus

Posted on April 22, 2024 by james

There were about eight decent spears ready to harvest, so my wife had them all with boiled eggs for lunch today. I can live with missing out this time around. She’s away next week, so I’ll have them all to … Continue reading →

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Calling “Time” on the PSB

Posted on April 22, 2024 by james

I want to use the space and there’s very little actual broccoli left on the plants (in fact the bees have done a pretty good job of pollinating most of them by the looks of it), so today I decided … Continue reading →

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Memory Lane, 3rd January 2023: Christmas T-shirts

Posted on April 19, 2024 by james

Gifts from my children. And so appropriate that it’s almost a shame to wear them when they might get damaged 😀

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Spears at lunchtime

Posted on April 17, 2024 by james

It’s been two and a half years in the making, but this morning my wife persuaded me to cut these so we could have them with lunch. After such a long wait it was quite exciting to finally get to … Continue reading →

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Get it while it’s hot!

Posted on April 16, 2024 by james

As we put a lot of material into the compost heap this weekend I thought I’d check the temperature. I really ought to find some convenient way to use at least some of that heat, but this far I don’t … Continue reading →

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Quick! Mow the grass!

Posted on April 15, 2024 by james

The grass has been growing steadily this winter thanks to the relatively mild temperatures and it’s generally been way too wet to mow it, so the lawn and grass in the vegetable plot were starting to look like a jungle. … Continue reading →

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New old strawberries

Posted on April 15, 2024 by james

Whilst on the topic of strawberries, I’ve also now dug all of the remaining plants out of the old raised strawberry bed. I think there are around fifty in total. They’ve all been put into individual pots and as many … Continue reading →

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Is it Wimbledon already?

Posted on April 15, 2024 by james

I decided to remove the fleece that I’ve had over the new strawberry plants now the weather is a little warmer. Mostly it was there to keep the deer off whilst they got established anyhow. All the plants are looking … Continue reading →

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Memory Lane, 11th December 2022: Don’t they come from the sea?

Posted on April 11, 2024 by james

Is what everyone I’ve shown these to says. I don’t know why. It seems to be a very common misconception, and one that I shared myself for a long time. Regardless I have now peeled and removed the flesh and … Continue reading →

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