Category Archives: Veg plot

No dig diary, 21st June 2021

Posted on June 21, 2021 by james

A harvest, at last 🙂 This evening for dinner we had beetroot tarte tatin, broccoli, baby carrots, broad beans, calabrese and sugar snap peas with all the veggies coming from the garden 🙂 Some of the broad beans were a … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 20th June 2021

Posted on June 21, 2021 by james

I managed to earth up the potatoes today, but other jobs then got in the way of me doing much else. The only other garden-related thing I’ve done is emptying a pile of the remains of old beehive frames that … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 19th June 2021

Posted on June 21, 2021 by james

Things seem to have slowed down in the veggie plot a bit, partly because I was ill for the best part of a week, but also because there doesn’t seem to be much to do. Many of the plants I … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 12th June 2021

Posted on June 21, 2021 by james

Thanks to my lack of mobility over the last week I’ve not got much done in the veggie plot other than a bit of tidying up, so it was nice to get out today and sow some more calabrese and … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 28th May 2021

Posted on May 28, 2021 by james

We’re still eating the lettuces that are growing in the polytunnel, but I’ve had to remove the Webbs Wonderful as they ran straight to seed. I think given that the ones I planted last Autumn rotted inside over the winter … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 21st May 2021

Posted on May 24, 2021 by james

It’s been a difficult time to find much to do again because of the weather, but my first sowings of carrots really needed thinning and the fleece replacing with mesh so I got on with that. The removed carrots were … Continue reading →

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No dig diary — the plot so far

Posted on May 18, 2021 by james

Just as a bit of a catch-up, here it is. Potatoes in the bed closest, carrots under fleece behind them, with sweetcorn and squashes near the far end of the same bed. Beetroot, spinach, peas for shoots and parsnips in … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 18th May 2021

Posted on May 18, 2021 by james

Just some quick jobs today. I planted out the remaining peas for pods, which just leaves me with the spare strawberry plants I need to do something with and then I should be completely caught up after the delays due … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 17th May 2021

Posted on May 18, 2021 by james

Continuing the process of “catch-up” with all the planting out I need to do, today I managed to get all of the flower seedlings that have been waiting for so long in the greenhouse out into the ground. Mostly cornflowers … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 16th May 2021

Posted on May 18, 2021 by james

It’s been another awkward day here with a mixture of sunshine and heavy showers. Having got wet several times, I found a large parasol and stuck it in the bed I was working on to keep the rain off, though … Continue reading →

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