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No dig diary, 2nd April 2021

Posted on April 3, 2021 by james

It being Easter weekend I felt that I should follow John and Yoko’s advice and give peas a chance. So yesterday afternoon I collected up all of my germinated pea plants, some giant matchsticks (or wooden stakes with worn out … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 19th March 2021

Posted on March 19, 2021 by james

I removed some of the leaf radish plants from the polytunnel yesterday as they were running to seed. I’m now using that space for my peas for shoots, sown on 5th and 19th February. I’ve set the plugs from the … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 12th March 2021

Posted on March 17, 2021 by james

Almost thirty of my Cayenne peppers sown three weeks ago have germinated and some were starting to get a bit tall as they actually germinated over a period of more than a week, so I removed them from the propagator … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 22nd February 2021

Posted on March 16, 2021 by james

Vandalism! This morning we have mostly blue sky for what is possibly the first time since before Christmas. It’s very pleasantly warm, to the point that I could see one of the greenhouse vents was open when I went out … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 21st February 2021

Posted on March 16, 2021 by james

Yesterday peppers, today lettuces! The plan is for these to go into the polytunnel to provide salad leaves early in the spring before it’s warm enough to grow them outside. Quite possibly they’ll need clearing once it’s time to put … Continue reading →

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