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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, 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, 3rd January 2023: Christmas T-shirts

Posted on April 19, 2024 by james

Gifts from my children. And so appropriate that it’s almost a shame to wear them when they might get damaged 😀

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Feeling a bit low

Posted on April 16, 2024 by james

As I posted yesterday, this was how the current compost heap looked on Sunday evening. I threw a bit more stuff on and today buried a couple of dead rats in it, but having had forty-eight hours to get going, … Continue reading →

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Get it while it’s hot!

Posted on April 16, 2024 by james

As we put a lot of material into the compost heap this weekend I thought I’d check the temperature. I really ought to find some convenient way to use at least some of that heat, but this far I don’t … Continue reading →

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Quick! Mow the grass!

Posted on April 15, 2024 by james

The grass has been growing steadily this winter thanks to the relatively mild temperatures and it’s generally been way too wet to mow it, so the lawn and grass in the vegetable plot were starting to look like a jungle. … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 1st April 2024

Posted on April 1, 2024 by james

Well, the weather was playing me for a fool today. I decided to fill the trailer with green waste compost again and mix it with my own compost before spreading it on one of the beds. No sooner had I … Continue reading →

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More for the compost heap

Posted on March 31, 2024 by james

My daughter mowed the grass again today. The second time this season and it’s still March! It is growing astonishingly fast. She had a decent trailer full of clippings despite cutting it only last weekend and only doing half the … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 27th March 2024

Posted on March 27, 2024 by james

The weather still isn’t on my side 🙁 This afternoon has been wet and windy, but before it got too bad I did at least get a few more wheelbarrows of compost spread on the beds in the veg plot. … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 26th March 2024

Posted on March 26, 2024 by james

It appears that I may have an muscle injury impinging on a nerve for my left arm, which has slowed me down today. On the positive side it doesn’t really stop me doing anything, but it is constantly nagging at … Continue reading →

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