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No dig diary, 3rd March 2024

Posted on March 4, 2024 by james

The stars didn’t exactly align for sowing this weekend for multiple reasons, the main one being that I was away at a birthday party for much of it and was quite tired by the time we were home (it turned … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 1st March 2024

Posted on March 1, 2024 by james

It apparently may have been one of the wettest Februarys on record in the UK this year. And one of the warmest, too. We’re in a cold period now though and I’m getting a little concerned that some of my … Continue reading →

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Memory Lane, 29th July 2022: Onions, onions everywhere

Posted on March 1, 2024 by james

It looks an awful lot, drying in the sun, but we will eat all of these Some of them are hardly small, either.

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Memory Lane, 26th July 2022: One of my favourite vegetables

Posted on February 29, 2024 by james

This one. There’s something about their obvious fractal nature that appeals to my Computer Science/Maths background. I really must try to grow more of them.

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Memory Lane, 22nd July 2022: Give peas a chance

Posted on February 27, 2024 by james

Last of the fresh peas for this season 🙁 But I have saved pods from a couple of varieties to sow again next year. The mangetout dry quite quickly The podding peas, not so much.

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Memory Lane, 21st July 2022: A tale of two garlics

Posted on February 26, 2024 by james

Towards the end of 2021 I planted garlic cloves out in the main vegetable plot as well as in the polytunnel beds so I could compare how they did. Not very well was the answer in the case of the … Continue reading →

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Memory Lane, 20 July 2022: Spuds’n’onions

Posted on February 25, 2024 by james

Early harvests from this season: New potatoes ready to go. Red onions, spread out to dry in the Sun. I know that looks like a lot of onions, but they won’t last us the year. I shall plant more next … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 24th February 2024

Posted on February 24, 2024 by james

Sowing day again! Not that much this weekend though: calabrese, red cabbage, more antirrhinums and more ammi majus. The rain has reached quite depressing levels here. I think we’ve had at least double the long-term average rainfall for February, even … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 22nd February 2022

Posted on February 22, 2024 by james

More dark, windy, rainy weather today, and cold with it, too. So no actual progress in getting stuff done. Lots of seeds are making progress however. Chiles and peppers are starting to appear, together with (I think) antirrhinums and busy … Continue reading →

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Memory Lane, 26th June 2022: How green is my garden?

Posted on February 21, 2024 by james

Everything in the veggie plot looking lush. This sort of view makes me feel so happy 🙂

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