Category Archives: Veg plot

The case of the disappearing potato

Posted on November 11, 2021 by james

Well, here’s a sorry state of affairs… This evening I have been ordering seeds etc. for next year. I went to the usual supplier that I use for potatoes and could only find one of the varieties I’d normally plant … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 2nd November 2021

Posted on November 11, 2021 by james

I did finally manage to get lettuces planted out in the polytunnel today. There are quite a variety, mostly ones that are supposed to handle cold fairly well, but some other varieties too that may or may not be happy. … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 1st November 2021

Posted on November 11, 2021 by james

I went outdoors this morning after some fairly torrential rain and quite stiff winds that are predicted to get stronger this afternoon to find my runner beans plants at an alarmingly jaunty angle. I therefore temporarily abandoned the plan to … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 30th October 2021

Posted on November 11, 2021 by james

A random list of what’s happened this week… I finished the one remaining path around the veggie plot, using up almost the last of my saved cardboard in the process, as well as quite a bit of the woodchip. I’ve … Continue reading →

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Apples, apples, everywhere

Posted on November 11, 2021 by james

Today I finally got around to collecting apples for juicing. The apples haven’t been great this year, as I may have already said. We’ve only really had a decent crop on the ones that flowered late, which is mainly cider … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, October 20th 2021

Posted on November 11, 2021 by james

I wasn’t expecting much of today as rain was forecast for the entire day, but other than a few showers and a thunderstorm that woke me up at about half past five this morning it has not materialised. Possibly the … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, October 18th 2021

Posted on November 11, 2021 by james

Today started with a fine drizzle. Nothing major, so I pulled out some more cardboard and laid it on the grass and collected together my tools at which point it started to rain properly 😀 I had to stick at … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, October 17th 2021

Posted on November 11, 2021 by james

After mowing the apiary and doing a bit of watering in the greenhouse this morning I found a larger pot to transplant the pineapple into. The roots weren’t actually as large as I was expecting given that it was bowing … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 16th October 2021

Posted on November 11, 2021 by james

Somehow I suddenly seem to have loads to do this weekend. I’m not entirely sure how that happened 🙂 This morning I harvested all the ripe tomatoes from the polytunnel. I was expecting them all to be turned into pizza … Continue reading →

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Aubergine curry?

Posted on November 11, 2021 by james

We had aubergine and chickpea curry for dinner this evening made with some of my final harvest of aubergines from the polytunnel. Very enjoyable it was, too. We’ve not actually eaten meat since Sunday (though we did have prawns on … Continue reading →

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