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Tag Archives: peas
No dig diary, 6th April 2024
A third consecutive day of sowing! As much because thanks to “Storm Kathleen” there’s little else can be done today. Salad onions have not done well so far this year, so I have sown more, as well as peas for … Continue reading
Posted in Cutting Garden, Smallholding, Veg plot
Tagged basil, larkspur, peas, rudbeckia, scabious, spring onions
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No dig diary, 31st March 2024
My timing was all messed up today because of the clocks changing, confused even more by my bedside clock resetting itself early in the morning thanks to a power cut. Nonetheless, I managed to get lots of sweet peas, sugar … Continue reading
No dig diary, 30th March 2024
Such a pleasure to have a day without rain! I was on a mission today, starting with planting out all my onion seedlings. I reckon there are in the region of 700 plants, a mix of red and brown onions. … Continue reading
No dig diary, 9th March 2024
I’m not sure the Sun rose today, it was so dark all day. And we’ve had a fair bit of rain, too. I braved the rain to move my potted-up strawberries into Frankenstein’s Greenhouse and then retired inside a greenhouse … Continue reading
Posted in Cutting Garden, Smallholding, Veg plot
Tagged larkspur, nicotiana, peas, scabious, sweet peas
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Memory Lane, 22nd July 2022: Give peas a chance
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.
No dig diary, 22nd February 2022
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
Posted in Smallholding, Veg plot
Tagged aubergine, broad beans, chiles, no dig, peas, sweet peas, sweet peppers
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Memory Lane, 19th June 2022: Peas and broad beans
Straight out of the plot and ready for the pan, podded broad beans and sugar snap peas. Couldn’t get fresher 🙂
No dig diary, 18th February 2024
The main goal today was to get the strawberries planted out, which was a bit of a challenge given how much rain had fallen overnight. The ground is absolutely sodden, which was a real shame given that it has been … Continue reading
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Tagged cutting garden, lettuce, no dig, peas, romanesco, strawberries
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No dig diary, 4th February 2024
More seed sowing today. Red (I also have yellow) beetroot (Sanguina) sown four seeds to a cell in a twenty-cell module tray and a couple of similar trays of peas for shoots sown four seeds to a cell — I’d … Continue reading
No dig diary, 16th March 2022
It’s been a grey and wet day today, so I chose not to do anything out in the open. I did however transplant my first batch of radishes (sown 13th February) and peas for shoots (sown 9th February) into the … Continue reading