Category Archives: Veg plot

No dig diary, 26th March 2021

Posted on March 26, 2021 by james

The no dig strawberry bed is now complete! I went through all the runners that we rooted last year and picked out the ones that were already showing signs of life, planting them down the left and centre of the … Continue reading →

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Winter salads 2020/21 summary

Posted on March 24, 2021 by james

So the experiment with growing salads for winter in re-used mushroom trays in the greenhouse is now over and I find myself considering how happy I am with the outcome, if I’d do it again and what I would do … Continue reading →

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End of the winter salads

Posted on March 24, 2021 by james

When I went out to pick salad leaves to accompany tonight’s dinner I discovered that more of the mustards are starting to flower, which left only the lettuces of all the plants I started with. The lettuces weren’t looking too … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 24th March 2021

Posted on March 24, 2021 by james

My wife wanted our strawberry plants to be in a raised bed (which does make them easier to pick), but I’ve struggled to come up with any ideas that weren’t going to cost an arm and a leg to set … Continue reading →

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More winter salads bite the dust

Posted on March 22, 2021 by james

When I disposed of some of my greenhouse winter salads a short while ago, I cut the flower stalk off the salad rocket to see if the plants would produce any more leaves worth eating. Not only did they not … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 21st March 2021

Posted on March 22, 2021 by james

Planted out my first sowing of radishes today, sown on 20th February and re-sown two days later after birds raided them (four seeds per cell multisowings): And then covered them with fleece to keep the worst of the cold off … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 20th March 2021

Posted on March 22, 2021 by james

Quite a busy outdoors day today, some of which was just getting on with tidying stuff up after the winter, but at long last I did manage to get my broad beans (twenty-eight in total from two sowings on 5th … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 19th March 2021

Posted on March 19, 2021 by james

I removed some of the leaf radish plants from the polytunnel yesterday as they were running to seed. I’m now using that space for my peas for shoots, sown on 5th and 19th February. I’ve set the plugs from the … Continue reading →

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Ancient greenhouse vent opener fixed

Posted on March 19, 2021 by james

I posted earlier that the new no dig greenhouse came with non-functioning vent openers for which I was unable to obtain spare parts. I ordered a couple of the cylinders for modern openers with a view to bodging something so … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 18th March 2021

Posted on March 18, 2021 by james

Back to the compost heap today, and into the second bin with a view to getting as much of the remaining area covered by compost as possible. The compost from this bin was noticeably darker than that from the first. … Continue reading →

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