Category Archives: Veg plot

Memory Lane, 22nd July 2022: Give peas a chance

Posted on February 27, 2024 by james

Last of the fresh peas for this season 🙁 But I have saved pods from a couple of varieties to sow again next year. The mangetout dry quite quickly The podding peas, not so much.

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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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Memory Lane, 20 July 2022: Spuds’n’onions

Posted on February 25, 2024 by james

Early harvests from this season: New potatoes ready to go. Red onions, spread out to dry in the Sun. I know that looks like a lot of onions, but they won’t last us the year. I shall plant more next … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 24th February 2024

Posted on February 24, 2024 by james

Sowing day again! Not that much this weekend though: calabrese, red cabbage, more antirrhinums and more ammi majus. The rain has reached quite depressing levels here. I think we’ve had at least double the long-term average rainfall for February, even … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 22nd February 2022

Posted on February 22, 2024 by james

More dark, windy, rainy weather today, and cold with it, too. So no actual progress in getting stuff done. Lots of seeds are making progress however. Chiles and peppers are starting to appear, together with (I think) antirrhinums and busy … Continue reading →

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Memory Lane, 26th June 2022: How green is my garden?

Posted on February 21, 2024 by james

Everything in the veggie plot looking lush. This sort of view makes me feel so happy 🙂

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No dig diary, 21st Feb 2024: Biblical rain

Posted on February 21, 2024 by james

Yesterday I chipped some tree branches that had been pruned off a few trees, leaving the woodchip in the trailer. Today I realised that I was going to need the trailer for something else, so I needed it empty. Oh, … Continue reading →

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Memory Lane, 19th June 2022: Peas and broad beans

Posted on February 18, 2024 by james

Straight out of the plot and ready for the pan, podded broad beans and sugar snap peas. Couldn’t get fresher 🙂

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PSB at last!

Posted on February 18, 2024 by james

My winter brassicas have struggled this season and the PSB is no exception. It has been astonishingly late compared with last Winter when we were eating it in November. Today however there was enough for all five of us to … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 18th February 2024

Posted on February 18, 2024 by james

The main goal today was to get the strawberries planted out, which was a bit of a challenge given how much rain had fallen overnight. The ground is absolutely sodden, which was a real shame given that it has been … Continue reading →

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