Category Archives: Veg plot

No dig diary, 10th May 2024

Posted on May 13, 2024 by james

I’m now completely out of space in the compost bins. Most of the grass was mowed yesterday and the “active” one ended up heaped as high as it would go. I need to use up some of the compost in … Continue reading →

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Memory Lane, 7th May 2023: Next stage of solar greenhouse

Posted on May 9, 2024 by james

To support the north-east wall of the solar greenhouse my plan was to build a wooden framed wall. The wall on this side isn’t going to have any glass, so that wasn’t a problem I had to deal with. In … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 9th May 2024

Posted on May 9, 2024 by james

I spent pretty much all day in the veg plot today. There’s so much to catch up on now the weather seems to be improving, at least until next week. I’ve had enough of weeding for the moment despite being … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 8th May 2024: Weeding — the gift that keeps on giving

Posted on May 8, 2024 by james

I’m still at it. Another bed in the main veggie plot done today, plus most of the strawberry bed, one of the raspberry beds and the flower beds. It’s really getting a bit tedious now, but at least I’m over … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 7th May 2024: More weeding

Posted on May 7, 2024 by james

I swear I don’t know how they grow so fast. This is the third time I’ve had to week the plot this year! It was slow progress, but I got another bed done today, including removing leeks and volunteer potatoes. … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 6th May 2024: At last I can return to the veg plot

Posted on May 6, 2024 by james

Finally it appears that the weather is picking up a bit here and I was able to spend all of this afternoon weeding the veggie beds. It’s crazy how the weeds are growing. I managed to get two and a … Continue reading →

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Memory Lane, 10th April 2023: The veggie plot clearout commences

Posted on May 5, 2024 by james

It’s time for all the “old stuff” to come out of the veggie plot now and make way for this year’s plants. Onto the compost heap it all went. Up and up went the compost heap, up and up went … Continue reading →

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Memory Lane, 4th April 2023: The greenhouse is filling up

Posted on April 29, 2024 by james

Just waiting for an opportunity to plant out now…

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Memory Lane, 25th February 2023: Anyone need a leek?

Posted on April 27, 2024 by james

There’s not a great deal in the garden that’s edible now, but I seem to be doing pretty well with leeks. I’ve not had much success with them until I tried Charles Dowding’s sowing method (four seeds to a cell … Continue reading →

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Memory Lane, 14th February 2023: My secret cardboard stash

Posted on April 24, 2024 by james

No secret any more, I guess 😀 Over the Winter I’ve been collecting all our cardboard boxes (no way are the recyclers getting their hands on these!) so I can make more no dig beds this year. I’m really not … Continue reading →

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