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Category Archives: Veg plot
Compost spreading time
And the bins are emptying out. Slowly 😀 There’s a lot of shrinkage though. I don’t stop putting stuff in them until they’ve been this full, several times.
No dig diary, 20th January 2026
This made me happy today. A pleasant change from all the crap that’s going on in my life right now 🙁 Sown on 11th/12th January, so these have only taken eight or nine days to germinate and get their heads … Continue reading
Peter piper picked a peck of purple peppers
Just like these ones (photographed with a few jalapenos and with a sweet pepper) 🙂 I think they look gorgeous and are very appealing in salads for example, but seeds seem very awkward to find. Real Seeds, where I buy … Continue reading
Cheap polytunnel problems
I posted ages ago about the issues with the cheap polytunnels available from the South American river place (amongst others). Here are a few more that affected me. First the uprights either side of the door come in multiple pieces, … Continue reading
A beast of a cabbage
Yes, that is grammes.
Well pickle my jalapenos!
And call me Susan, if you must.
I’ll get the wheelbarrow
Or perhaps even a forklift might be required for this second early (Charlotte) potato 😀
More confused plants
These photos were taken at the start of October. Ripe, ready-to-pick beans on the plants and, err, flowers?
I think these might be a bit past eating
Not much chance of recovering the potatoes with the shoots intact either. One for the compost heap… I suspect they may need to be kept somewhere colder.