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No dig diary, 17th March 2021

Posted on March 17, 2021 by james

I had a bit of a shock this morning when there was an unexpected frost. The weather station on my observatory claimed a minimum air temperature of 0.45C overnight. The pepper and aubergine seedlings aren’t really happy with that sort … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 16th March 2021

Posted on March 17, 2021 by james

Nine days after sowing almost all of the tomato seeds I sowed (on 7th March) have germinated and we need the space in the propagator, so I’ve moved them to the greenhouse. I also opened up the first of my … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 15th March 2021

Posted on March 17, 2021 by james

Never say never… After yesterday’s impromptu sowing session, today I found seed for some Sparkler 3 radish that I didn’t know we had, so I’ve sown a twelve-cell tray of those, five seeds to a cell. They can sit in … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 14th March 2021

Posted on March 17, 2021 by james

I had no plans for sowing more seeds until the weekend, but whilst I was in his greenhouse with my father-in-law today he discovered three packets of mixed-colour sweet peppers. The fruit can be purple, brown, black, cream, orange, yellow … 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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My greenhouse vent opener may be an antique

Posted on March 16, 2021 by james

I removed one of the openers for the greenhouse vents. Amazingly the company that made it (Thermoforce) is still around, so I emailed to ask if they could help with spares. Sadly they couldn’t. A very polite response came back … Continue reading →

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Almost there with the no dig greenhouse

Posted on March 16, 2021 by james

All the glazing is now done on the new greenhouse; vents and the door are fitted and only a few small jobs remain. The most important issue for the moment is probably that the door can flap about (yes, that … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 7th March 2021

Posted on March 16, 2021 by james

It always feels like a special time to me when I sow the tomatoes for each year. So much promise of things to come… And this year there are some new names plus an old favourite. The old favourite is … Continue reading →

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Composting the no dig greenhouse

Posted on March 16, 2021 by james

As the greenhouse only has a single door, it was clearly going to be easier to get the compost onto the ground before the frame was in place, so my daughter and I spent a happy morning in the sun … Continue reading →

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Return of the “no dig” greenhouse

Posted on March 16, 2021 by james

Last December I posted about setting up a new (to me) greenhouse, but thanks to the fact that it’s barely been possible to stand up outdoors for the last couple of months (unless it’s only possible to stand up because … Continue reading →

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