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How many?!

I noticed this plant whilst watering in the polytunnel this evening. From memory I think (I’m fairly sure) it’s a chocolate sweet pepper. I counted nine large fruit on it. I think this one might be one to save some … Continue reading

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Time to lower the strings…

On my tomatoes, that is. Quite a few of them have reached or are close to reaching the top of the polytunnel now. In previous years I’ve dropped the strings by about half a metre allowing the bottom of the … Continue reading

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Break out your recipes!

The courglut is about to start 😀 Any day now we’ll be knee deep in courgettes. I’m also running out of coleslaw to have with lunch so cut another cabbage in (say it) anticipation. I think this one is going … Continue reading

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A first “proper” tomato harvest

All from the Garnet vines (they often do stay a little green at the top). Lovely to have with lunch, especially in the warm weather. May there be many more.

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Delights from the veg plot

This pepper is looking so nice. Can’t wait for it to change colour. I don’t actually know what colour it is going to be. It’s either a red or a yellow Corno di Toro, but I carelessly dropped one batch … Continue reading

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No dig diary, 26th July 2026

Today was onion harvesting day. Pretty much all of the onion leaves had fallen over though that may have been due to the drought, but in fact most of the bulbs were a decent size too. Red ones first. I … Continue reading

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No dig diary, 25th July 2026

I spent some time today potting pepper plants up into ten litre (roughly) pots. I say “pots”; actually they are twenty litre dairy hypochlorite jugs that I cut in half and drilled drainage holes in. I’m running low on bought … Continue reading

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No dig diary, 20th July 2026

Just a little harvesting today. What a beast! At 2.8kg, not the heaviest cabbage I’ve ever grown, but certainly way up there. Coming soon to a plate near me 😀

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No dig diary, 19th July 2026

Potato picking day! Given the hot dry weather my potatoes clearly weren’t going to progress much further, so I decided it was time to lift them all. I even sorted them into sacks straight away — most organised for me. … Continue reading

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Nom, nom, tom

I finally picked those three tomatoes for lunch today. Then I found a few more and I couldn’t pass them up 😀 Hopefully it won’t be long before there are plenty more.

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