Category Archives: Veg plot

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

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A beast of a cabbage

Yes, that is grammes.

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Well pickle my jalapenos!

And call me Susan, if you must.

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I’ll get the wheelbarrow

Or perhaps even a forklift might be required for this second early (Charlotte) potato 😀

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More confused plants

These photos were taken at the start of October. Ripe, ready-to-pick beans on the plants and, err, flowers?

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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.

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No dig diary, 18th January 2026

Today was onion sowing day. I sowed six module trays of red onions (Carmen) and five module trays of yellow/brown onions (Yellow Rynsburger), four seeds to a cell, so 880 (or thereabouts) in total. We do eat an awful lot … Continue reading

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Looks like the polycrub works then

I’ve not even got it finished yet (yeah, I know), but some of last year’s peppers are still looking healthy despite multiple frosts, which is certainly not the case in the polytunnel and even the ones in the greenhouses are … Continue reading

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New toy for the greenhouse

It’s a Spider Farmer SF2000 Evo grow light. Hopefully it will help get my peppers off to a better start this year. We shall see. As well as looking at this one I also considered similar products by Mars Hydro … Continue reading

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“Early” Christmas new potatoes

I posted recently about my attempts to grow new potatoes for Christmas. Well, sadly, due to my inattention, that didn’t quite go to plan. I failed to move the plants into the greenhouse before the first frost, which killed the … Continue reading

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