Category Archives: Veg plot

Memory Lane, 26th August 2023: Damn vandals!

Posted on June 3, 2024 by james

I only made this path a few days ago! I suspect a badger has been hunting for worms. It could have left things a bit more tidy though 🙁

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Yet more planting out

Posted on June 3, 2024 by james

Another day of planting out in pretty warm sunshine which hasn’t exactly been common so far this year. Today more brassicas went in along with sweet corn and climbing beans (runner beans, green beans and borlotti beans). Took a while … Continue reading →

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Planting out frenzy!

Posted on June 3, 2024 by james

The weather has improved and the greenhouse is still full, so today I have been planting out as fast as possible. I’ve completely lost track of everything that has been done. The staging is at least starting to look a … Continue reading →

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Memory Lane, 18th July 2023: Fractal vegetables

Posted on May 28, 2024 by james

I love these on so many levels. Not only do they taste nice and look amazing, but they’re a beautiful illustration of how a simple rule can create a complex design for the plant that suggests something far more complicated … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 25th May 2024

Posted on May 28, 2024 by james

Having spent yesterday composting new beds, I decided today was the day that I should catch up with the greenhouses. There’s garlic in part of the bed in one and nothing in the other but potted strawberries, so neither was … Continue reading →

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Ok, so everything is starting to get a bit crowded now

Posted on May 28, 2024 by james

I desperately need to start planting more out, but the weather has just been so rubbish…

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No dig diary, 24th May 2024

Posted on May 28, 2024 by james

Since I now have the concrete pad removed from the veggie plot I can at last finish the new beds that I started back in February. I extended them to line up with the rest of the beds (although they … Continue reading →

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What to do with the old strawberry bed soil?

Posted on May 23, 2024 by james

Having taken the sides off the old strawberry bed, the problem remained of what to do with the soil it contained — probably about half a tonne. The bed was next to a concrete pad with a dwarf wall of … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 22nd May 2024

Posted on May 23, 2024 by james

Yay! More weeding today! This time the polytunnel and Frankenstein’s greenhouse thanks to the day being distinctly cooler. Given that these are covered structures and that I’ve weeded them twice already this year I don’t entirely understand where the weeds … Continue reading →

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Memory Lane, 14th June 2023: A cheap second polytunnel

Posted on May 23, 2024 by james

I’ve been thinking ahead to a time when we might need to put the chickens into covered housing for the Winter because of bird ‘flu. It struck me that a polytunnel would probably do the job, but we’d need a … Continue reading →

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