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Four courgettes and a pepper (or few)

Posted on October 11, 2026 by james

More peppers picked yesterday (and perhaps the last of this year’s yellow courgettes). From top to bottom, left to right: yellow Corno di Toro, Hungarian Black chile, Chocolate sweet pepper, red Corno di Toro (with a couple of other red … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 17th September 2026

Posted on September 27, 2026 by james

Moving on from the tomatoey (Yes, of course it’s a word! I just invented it!) goodness of the first half of the week, today’s captivating comestible commentary gets a bit more spicy. Whilst I was picking peppers and chiles I … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 16th September 2026

Posted on September 27, 2026 by james

I got out in the polytunnel today, rubbing shoulders with my six-legged stinging girls and decided that there were more tomatoes needing picking. The large fruit here are Amish Paste which will be used for making pizza sauce and passata. … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 15th September 2026

Posted on September 27, 2026 by james

There’s a definite tomato flavour to the start of this week. I have a single “Lotos” plant that poduces medium size pale yellow tomatoes that can get a slight pink blush when they’re really ripe. I discovered at the weekend … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 9th September 2026

Posted on September 9, 2026 by james

Today I removed all the mesh bags that I’d put over sweet pepper and chile plants in the hope of being able to save seeds from the plants this year. In order that I can remember which fruit should have … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 5th September 2026

Posted on September 6, 2026 by james

Another day of harvesting today. More peppers. I think that deep red one just looks so appealing. Eight cucumbers including one weirdly wonky one. And an enormous cabbage. One thing I didn’t harvest however is this tomato. That’ll be a … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 1st September 2026

Posted on September 6, 2026 by james

I didn’t really do much work other than tidying up and a little harvesting today. Peppers are starting to ripen in the polytunnel. And there are plenty of large tomatoes that should be on their way soon. I even found … Continue reading →

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Looking forward to this ripening

Posted on August 28, 2026 by james

No idea whether it’s going to get any bigger, but I can hope 😀

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Cucumbergeddon has begun!

Posted on August 27, 2026 by james

It’s cucumbers with every meal at the moment 😀

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No dig diary, 25th August 2026

Posted on August 25, 2026 by james

Between sleeps this afternoon I got out and did some weeding in the polytunnel. It was unpleasantly hard work despite sitting on a stool and the weeds only being small. However, to cheer me up a little I found a … Continue reading →

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