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More grass to the compost

Posted on March 24, 2024 by james

And my son’s GCSE notes, as it happens. Poor weather is forecast for tomorrow so it was a major rush just to get through a first cut of all the grass today. But we managed it. Sadly, whilst I was … Continue reading →

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The compost bins will now start filling up

Posted on March 23, 2024 by james

Despite the fact that it’s still more than a week to the start of April it’s become necessary to start cutting some of the grass which has grown ridiculously long over the mild Winter. During the same period the compost … Continue reading →

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Memory Lane, 12th June 2022: Compost — it’s hot stuff!

Posted on February 17, 2024 by james

No, really. These are from two of my compost heaps, one of which had been sitting for a month with nothing added because it was full. As far as I recall the temperature in the second photo had peaked whilst … Continue reading →

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Memory Lane, 24th May 2022: Make room! Make room!

Posted on February 14, 2024 by james

Thanks to needing more compost for the whole no-dig process, and attempting to compost more material, it was becoming obvious that my three compost bays just weren’t sufficient. I’d also decided that I should have a more organised process for … Continue reading →

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A bit of a stick-in-the-mud (almost)

Posted on February 6, 2024 by james

I decided back in September that I wasn’t going to have enough home-made compost for my needs this year and that I’d need to order some in as well. I then proceeded to put the purchase off for as long … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 8th February 2022

Posted on February 8, 2022 by james

It’s odd looking back at my plans for last year seeing that I sowed broad beans on 5th February having intended to do so somewhat earlier to find that I’m in exactly the same position this year 🙂 Today however … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 18th November 2021

Posted on November 22, 2021 by james

Forgot to post this a couple of days ago… As I’ve already written, I’ve been getting ahead on compost for next winter, filling one of the bins with shredded material from some tidying up of the garden. There’s no grass … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 15th November 2021

Posted on November 15, 2021 by james

These are my eight leaf radish plants in the polytunnel Or they would be, if one hadn’t gone missing last night. I found its remains about twelve feet away over the other side of the tunnel with the root mostly … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 14th November 2021

Posted on November 15, 2021 by james

This morning I weeded the greenhouse and polytunnel. There weren’t very many in the greenhouse and what there were in the polytunnel were mostly self-inflicted — germinated seeds from the marigolds I had planted between the tomatoes. Something has been … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 14th November 2021

Posted on November 14, 2021 by james

This morning I weeded the greenhouse and polytunnel. There weren’t very many in the greenhouse and what there were in the polytunnel were mostly self-inflicted — germinated seeds from the marigolds I had planted between the tomatoes. Something has been … Continue reading →

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