Category Archives: Veg plot

Growing your own is too deer

Posted on February 9, 2024 by james

One of the bigger problems I have with “pests” in my veggie plot is the local roe deer. As I’ve posted before they’ll wander in and start noshing on whatever appeals to them, which is often what might appeal to … Continue reading →

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Memory Lane, 4th May 2022 (again): Bees a-bumbling

Posted on February 8, 2024 by james

My summer broccoli (or calabrese if you prefer) didn’t do very well in 2022. Or perhaps did rather too well, I’m not sure. It formed nice heads that just accelerated through “ready to pick” and charged on straight to flowering. … Continue reading →

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Cheap alternative to Charles Dowding’s module trays

Posted on February 8, 2024 by james

Charles Dowding has designed some lovely module trays for starting off his seedlings. I’d use them in a heartbeat. Unfortunately in the volume I’d use them, I really can’t justify the cost. I particularly like the fact that they have … Continue reading →

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Memory Lane, 4th May 2022: When I grow up I want to be a pineapple

Posted on February 7, 2024 by james

I’ve posted before about growing pineapple plants from the top of a fruit that has been eaten. I’ve been keeping working at it and had a couple of successes along with quite a few failures. I suspect it’s something that … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 6th February 2024: New beds

Posted on February 6, 2024 by james

I need to get cracking on the new beds in the veggie plot as I have strawberry plants that really need to be planted out. I received them before Christmas and had to plant them into pots because I didn’t … Continue reading →

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A bit of a stick-in-the-mud (almost)

Posted on February 6, 2024 by james

I decided back in September that I wasn’t going to have enough home-made compost for my needs this year and that I’d need to order some in as well. I then proceeded to put the purchase off for as long … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 5th February 2024

Posted on February 5, 2024 by james

I want to make some new no dig beds for cutting flowers, edible flowers and strawberries, so today I mowed the grass short and started marking out where they’re going to go. The next stage will be to cover the … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 4th February 2024

Posted on February 4, 2024 by james

More seed sowing today. Red (I also have yellow) beetroot (Sanguina) sown four seeds to a cell in a twenty-cell module tray and a couple of similar trays of peas for shoots sown four seeds to a cell — I’d … Continue reading →

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Memory Lane, 3rd April 2022: Green Onions

Posted on February 3, 2024 by james

Booker T and the MG’s, isn’t it, pop-pickers? Well, perhaps 🙂 Two years ago it was time to be planting out my onion seedlings. These had been sown on the 8th February, four seeds (ish) to a cell in module … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 3rd February 2024

Posted on February 3, 2024 by james

More chippping of apple tree prunings today. Nearly all done now, and would perhaps have been completely finished but I was too lazy to go and buy more fuel. Once that’s done I can chop down a few more sycamore … Continue reading →

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