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No dig diary, 3rd August 2021

Posted on August 3, 2021 by james

“Looks like we’re gonna need another compost heap!” Hopefully it will sink down over the next few days, but actually given the volume of material that’s now going into these, I think starting up a third is pretty much inevitable. … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 31st July 2021

Posted on August 3, 2021 by james

This morning I cut lots of broccoli heads, some of which we’ve given to my parents and siblings who we saw in the afternoon. The rest may well be turned into soup or pesto. It looks like they’re not the … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 30th July 2021

Posted on August 3, 2021 by james

It is said that all actions have quinsequonces… I went out to the greenhouse this evening to collect my kale plants with the intention of planting them out, to discover that having quite successfully netted all of my brassicas and … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 28th July 2021

Posted on August 3, 2021 by james

It’s a veggie day today and we’re eating loads from the garden for dinner this evening, including the very last of the peas. Also on the menu this evening is broccoli (calabrese). This is a vegetable that I need to … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 24th July 2021

Posted on August 3, 2021 by james

Looking last night at the forecast for today it was heavy rain all day with thunderstorms this afternoon. I didn’t therefore feel compelled to drag myself out of bed particularly early, but when I did so found that it wasn’t … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 18th July 2021

Posted on August 2, 2021 by james

Today I stripped the pea plants of the last of their pods. In the end there were far more than I expected. Shelling them was pretty tedious, but they’re now all in the freezer. The space the plants occupied will … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 15th July 2021

Posted on July 15, 2021 by james

This morning I made up a temporary drying rack for the onions by laying some 15mm mesh plastic netting over a large piece of weldmesh. This is all of the onions I lifted yesterday. I think I’m going to need … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 14th July 2021

Posted on July 15, 2021 by james

Over the last few days I’ve cut back some overgrown sycamore branches that were getting in the way and fed the smaller stuff into the shredder, the intention being to mix it with grass clippings as I’m running a bit … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 11th July 2021

Posted on July 12, 2021 by james

I took a few photos in the evening just to keep track of how everything is going in the veggie plot… I grew this for fun from seed years ago, but we’ve never actually eaten it. It’s still quite pretty … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 11th July 2021

Posted on July 12, 2021 by james

Today my daughter and I shredded another trailer and a half of sycamore before rain stopped play. I reckon there are about three trailer loads left of what I cut yesterday, but that will have to wait for another time. … Continue reading →

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