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Tag Archives: asparagus
No dig diary, 6th May 2024: At last I can return to the veg plot
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
Second harvest of the asparagus
There were about eight decent spears ready to harvest, so my wife had them all with boiled eggs for lunch today. I can live with missing out this time around. She’s away next week, so I’ll have them all to … Continue reading
Spears at lunchtime
It’s been two and a half years in the making, but this morning my wife persuaded me to cut these so we could have them with lunch. After such a long wait it was quite exciting to finally get to … Continue reading
Asparagus are go!
I’m sure these weren’t there yesterday, but they’re definitely there now 😀 I’m so excited about this. They were planted three winters ago, so this year is the first year we’ll actually harvest any. I’ll need to look up how … Continue reading
Memory Lane, 24th May 2022
Just a quick shot of the veg plot in late Spring. Most exciting are the asparagus plants in the closest bed producing their first ever shoots. This year they need to be left for the plants to develop. It’ll be … Continue reading
No dig diary, October 20th 2021
I wasn’t expecting much of today as rain was forecast for the entire day, but other than a few showers and a thunderstorm that woke me up at about half past five this morning it has not materialised. Possibly the … Continue reading
No dig diary, October 18th 2021
Today started with a fine drizzle. Nothing major, so I pulled out some more cardboard and laid it on the grass and collected together my tools at which point it started to rain properly 😀 I had to stick at … Continue reading
No dig diary, October 17th 2021
After mowing the apiary and doing a bit of watering in the greenhouse this morning I found a larger pot to transplant the pineapple into. The roots weren’t actually as large as I was expecting given that it was bowing … Continue reading