Category Archives: Veg plot

Winter salads costs

I recalled whilst writing my last post that I intended to work out the costs for producing the winter salads. I’ve therefore been back through all my order confirmation emails and here they are: Compost £6.00 Mushroom trays £19.50 Newspaper … Continue reading

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Veg plot 2020: Fourth pick of winter salads

My wife asked me to pick some salad today to go with our meal this evening. I was going to leave it a little longer as growth has quite obviously slowed down now and I suspect we’re not far off … Continue reading

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Veg plot 2020: Third pick of winter salads

Wandering through the veggie plot during the week I’d seen the salads in the greenhouse and didn’t think there’d be much to pick this weekend, so I was quite surprised by the number of leaves available when I went to … Continue reading

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Veg plot 2021: Composting beds again

After I ran out of light yesterday I’d not quite finished with the beds I was spreading compost on. Last night the forecast was for rain all day today, but this morning it was all change (quelle surprise!) with only … Continue reading

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Veg plot 2021: More seeds

This weekend I’ve been working through the list of what I want to grow next year and finding out where I can get the seeds I want. I placed an order for some seeds on Friday, mostly so I could … Continue reading

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Veg plot 2021: Composting more beds

The weather has been fairly poor today thanks to a storm that I’ve already forgotten the name of, but I managed to get outside for a couple of hours this afternoon and started spreading out the remainder of our own … Continue reading

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Veg plot 2020: Second pick of winter salads

I’m genuinely surprised I could do this so soon after the first (only five days), but the plants are growing nicely at the moment and even the mustards that were planted a little later than the rest had something to … Continue reading

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Veg plot 2020: Goodbye to the tomatoes

We decided this morning that the fruits remaining on the tomato vines really weren’t getting any riper, so this afternoon my daughter and I stripped off all of the remaining tomatoes that were worth having and pulled up all the … Continue reading

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Veg plot 2020: First pick of winter salads

Some of the leaves on the winter salads were getting quite large, so I felt it was appropriate to have first pick from them today. I left the mustards alone though as they’re not really big enough yet. I managed … Continue reading

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Veg plot 2021: First seeds

Today I bought my first seeds for sowing in 2021. It is a bit early, but I was mainly making up an order to the point where it was worthwhile. My in-laws are big fans of a particular tomato variety … Continue reading

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