Category Archives: Veg plot

[20th September] Today has been a harvesting day. This morning I tried to push my thumbnail into the skin of one of the butternut squashes that was in the polytunnel and it wasn’t having any of it, so I decided … Continue reading →

[13th September] I spent the afternoon going over the tomato plants, trying to tidy them up a bit. As I think I’ve mentioned before, my father-in-law grew the tomatoes this year, but hasn’t been happy with them and of late … Continue reading →

[12th September] Perhaps this should really be my first proper “Veg plot 2021” post. I have all these plants growing in the greenhouse, many of which will need to go out into beds in the next few weeks. So today … Continue reading →

I’ve been toying with the idea of trying to coax some of my pepper plants through the winter since they are perennials after all. However, a bit of a niggle has struck me. I assume that they’ll show little sign … Continue reading →

[9th September] The seedlings in the greenhouse are going great guns now. Loads more of the onions have come up, and the chervil and coriander are also coming to life. Possibly one or two of the lettuces, too, though they … Continue reading →

[7th September] I think I’ve posted before that growing plants from seed is the nearest thing there is to real magic. I nipped out to the greenhouse this lunchtime to find a few more spinach and chard seedlings had sprouted, … Continue reading →

My daughter and I pulled a huge amount of ivy off a barn wall yesterday. The more unmanageable bits (a couple so heavy that I struggled to even drag them along the ground) went on the bonfire heap, but we … Continue reading →

[5th September] I have spent some of the morning in the greenhouse planting seeds though. I put a few more spring onions in, mostly to use up the packet really. And then as a complete experiment I have planted some … Continue reading →

[31st August] Though it seems odd at this time of the year, our greenhouse is starting to fill up with seed trays again. Today I planted red and brown onion seeds into modules, four to a module (or thereabouts). They … Continue reading →

Spent most of the day in the veggie plot today. Had a clean-up in the greenhouse and put some stuff we won’t need until next year in the shed whilst my daughter picked all the chiles off one of the … Continue reading →