Category Archives: Veg plot

[29th August] I’ve been out in the plot today, just having a general tidy up. I’ve cleared away most of the peas now and put them in the compost. There were a few left that aren’t mildewed, but I’m not … Continue reading →

[23rd August] Had a bit of time out in the plot this afternoon doing some tidying up. It’s Wasp Central out there at the moment. They’re all over every square inch of everything and quite dopey with it, as if … Continue reading →

[22nd August] I had some time to spend in the veggie plot today. My daughter and I lifted the last of the onions — all the small ones I’d left in the ground to see if they’d get any fatter, … Continue reading →

[21st August] After the winds of the last twenty-four hours our climbing beans are now more “sprawling” beans. A number of the canes have clearly snapped and they don’t look good at all. Not entirely surprising, perhaps. Canes probably aren’t … Continue reading →

[19th August] Whilst collecting veggies for this evening’s dinner I noticed that the courgettes are slowing down quite a bit. I don’t think the sudden rainfall has helped them at all and a few fruits had rotted from the flower … Continue reading →

[18th August] I have just ordered garlic bulbs and onion seeds to plant for next year, as well as some seeds for more hardy salad crops to try growing through the winter. We have plenty of scrap wood around so … Continue reading →

[16th August] This weekend the children “graded” all the potatoes, so they’re now separated into what’s suitable for baked potatoes, slightly smaller ones for chips and wedges and “the rest”. They also separated out all of the ones with wireworm … Continue reading →

[16th August] Disaster! Or perhaps even “Dis-Aster!” Around late April when I was weeding around the parsnips I found a sunflower seedling. I rather like sunflowers, so I decided to leave it to grow. And grow it did. And grow. … Continue reading →

[8th August] Lifted the last of the potatoes today. And discovered buried treasure! Oddly enough the second coin I’ve found whilst digging in the veggie plot over the years. It’s a 1973 ten pence piece. We stopped using this design … Continue reading →

[4th August] Had a little wander around the garden this evening whilst collecting some veg for dinner and noticed that some of the butternut squashes in the polytunnel are now getting quite large. I started to trim off some of … Continue reading →