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No dig diary, 13th March 2024

Not much time to get stuff done today, but I did manage to weed Frankenstein’s Greenhouse for the second time this year. Sadly I think all the plants it contains intentionally are also going to have to be removed too. … Continue reading

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Memory Lane, 5th May 2022

This is the first pineapple plant that actually survived when I tried to get it to produce roots in a jar of water, one year on. I suspect it has split into three separate plants, but information about pineapple propagation … Continue reading

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Memory Lane, 4th May 2022: When I grow up I want to be a pineapple

I’ve posted before about growing pineapple plants from the top of a fruit that has been eaten. I’ve been keeping working at it and had a couple of successes along with quite a few failures. I suspect it’s something that … Continue reading

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No dig diary, October 17th 2021

After mowing the apiary and doing a bit of watering in the greenhouse this morning I found a larger pot to transplant the pineapple into. The roots weren’t actually as large as I was expecting given that it was bowing … Continue reading

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No dig diary, 30th September (part 2)

A few more photos taken at the same time as the previous post. The outdoor butternut squashes aren’t exactly impressive. But the ones in the polytunnel have done much better The pineapple is looking very healthy. Probably about time I … Continue reading

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Grow your own pineapple #2

Nothing doing in the garden on Saturday because the weather was utterly miserable — rain and thunder almost all day. I went to the beer shack and made a batch of beer instead. Sunday was lovely by comparison, particularly as … Continue reading

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Grow your own pineapple

Well, ok, maybe 🙂 I’ve never done this before, so my daughter and I thought we’d give it a go as we have a couple of pineapples to be eaten this weekend. The top had already been cut off, so … Continue reading

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