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No dig diary, 14th November 2021

Posted on November 14, 2021 by james

This morning I weeded the greenhouse and polytunnel. There weren’t very many in the greenhouse and what there were in the polytunnel were mostly self-inflicted — germinated seeds from the marigolds I had planted between the tomatoes. Something has been … Continue reading →

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A Year Without Digging

Posted on November 12, 2021 by james

How I learned to dig the soil and not dig my vegetable plot To a greater or lesser extent I’ve been growing my own fruit and vegetables for twenty years or more. The size of the plot has ebbed and … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 7th November 2021

Posted on November 11, 2021 by james

CompostWatch update: 😀 After measuring the temperature of the new heap late yesterday afternoon at about 28.5°C, this morning I put the thermometer in and it was up to 43°C! In the right light I could even see water condensing … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 6th November 2021

Posted on November 11, 2021 by james

The chap turned up to do the work my in-laws wanted yesterday afternoon and again this morning. I’ve been madly feeding wisteria, jasmine, sycamore, brambles, honeysuckle, pyrocanthus, laurel and all sorts of other stuff into the shredder by the trailer-load. … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 4th November 2021

Posted on November 11, 2021 by james

My first batch of seeds (from the Real Seed people) for next year arrived today, so it’s perhaps time to start thinking about a planting plan. The delivery arrived with two and a half pages of instructions for saving the … Continue reading →

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Going soft on fruit bushes

Posted on November 11, 2021 by james

In a moment of rashness I have flexed my “flexible friend” (I have a very vague recollection that “Access” was the original “flexible friend” — anyone remember that?) and committed to purchasing a gooseberry (“Careless”), a blackcurrant (“Ben Connan”) and … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 3rd November 2021

Posted on November 11, 2021 by james

Such a lovely late summer’s day to be out in the garden in shorts and a t-shirt today. Strange that it’s the third of November ? Mostly I was weeding the beds, as the mild weather has meant that quite … Continue reading →

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The case of the disappearing potato

Posted on November 11, 2021 by james

Well, here’s a sorry state of affairs… This evening I have been ordering seeds etc. for next year. I went to the usual supplier that I use for potatoes and could only find one of the varieties I’d normally plant … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 2nd November 2021

Posted on November 11, 2021 by james

I did finally manage to get lettuces planted out in the polytunnel today. There are quite a variety, mostly ones that are supposed to handle cold fairly well, but some other varieties too that may or may not be happy. … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 1st November 2021

Posted on November 11, 2021 by james

I went outdoors this morning after some fairly torrential rain and quite stiff winds that are predicted to get stronger this afternoon to find my runner beans plants at an alarmingly jaunty angle. I therefore temporarily abandoned the plan to … Continue reading →

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