Category Archives: Veg plot

No dig diary, 1st April 2024

Posted on April 1, 2024 by james

Well, the weather was playing me for a fool today. I decided to fill the trailer with green waste compost again and mix it with my own compost before spreading it on one of the beds. No sooner had I … Continue reading →

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Memory Lane, 31st October 2022: My first loofahs

Posted on March 31, 2024 by james

I peeled a couple of the luffa fruit today. They’re not really fully ripe so it was a little tough to get the skins off, but I eventually managed it. The seeds were still white rather than the normal black … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 31st March 2024

Posted on March 31, 2024 by james

My timing was all messed up today because of the clocks changing, confused even more by my bedside clock resetting itself early in the morning thanks to a power cut. Nonetheless, I managed to get lots of sweet peas, sugar … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 30th March 2024

Posted on March 30, 2024 by james

Such a pleasure to have a day without rain! I was on a mission today, starting with planting out all my onion seedlings. I reckon there are in the region of 700 plants, a mix of red and brown onions. … Continue reading →

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So I might build a “polycrub” sooner than planned

Posted on March 29, 2024 by james

Given the problems I’ve been having with my cheapy polytunnel, it struck me today that I could turn it into a kind of polycrub given, say, some recycled scaffold boards for the sides and six sheets of twinwall polycarbonate. I … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 29th March 2024

Posted on March 29, 2024 by james

You’re not going to believe this: we had a load more rain today. More than once I was forced to take shelter in a greenhouse or polytunnel to avoid the horizontal raindrops. I was watering in the polytunnel at one … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 27th March 2024

Posted on March 27, 2024 by james

The weather still isn’t on my side 🙁 This afternoon has been wet and windy, but before it got too bad I did at least get a few more wheelbarrows of compost spread on the beds in the veg plot. … Continue reading →

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Memory Lane, 26th October 2022: A different kind of harvest

Posted on March 26, 2024 by james

My compost bins have been slowly gaining a roof of corrugated plastic sheet and a gutter to collect the run-off. Today it was time to play with the 3d printer again, and produce this It’s a downpipe rain collector/filter. (Hopefully) … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 26th March 2024

Posted on March 26, 2024 by james

It appears that I may have an muscle injury impinging on a nerve for my left arm, which has slowed me down today. On the positive side it doesn’t really stop me doing anything, but it is constantly nagging at … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 24th March 2024

Posted on March 24, 2024 by james

I already feel so far behind with this year thanks to the weather. But what can you do when the veggie plot makes the Somme look like a Forest School mud kitchen? So despite the fact that I should already … Continue reading →

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