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No dig diary, 29th March 2024

Posted on March 29, 2024 by james

You’re not going to believe this: we had a load more rain today. More than once I was forced to take shelter in a greenhouse or polytunnel to avoid the horizontal raindrops. I was watering in the polytunnel at one … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 26th March 2024

Posted on March 26, 2024 by james

It appears that I may have an muscle injury impinging on a nerve for my left arm, which has slowed me down today. On the positive side it doesn’t really stop me doing anything, but it is constantly nagging at … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 12th March 2024

Posted on March 12, 2024 by james

After an awful lot of rain again last night there was little chance to do anything much in the garden, so I have settled for putting my seed potatoes out to chit. I’m only growing the variety “Charlotte” this year. … 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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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, 8th August 2021

Posted on August 17, 2021 by james

Thanks to a very sudden attack of blight, I removed all the potato haulms today, but whilst my original intention was to leave the potatoes in the ground for another couple of weeks, in doing so I decided that I … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 24th July 2021

Posted on August 3, 2021 by james

Looking last night at the forecast for today it was heavy rain all day with thunderstorms this afternoon. I didn’t therefore feel compelled to drag myself out of bed particularly early, but when I did so found that it wasn’t … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 28th June 2021

Posted on June 29, 2021 by james

It’s not been the kind of day that encourages you to be outside, but late this afternoon I got out to finish off thinning the carrots. I’ve always had patchy germination in the past so I tend to sow quite … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 26th June 2021

Posted on June 29, 2021 by james

It’s been a busy busy day today. I had to do some bee stuff first because the forecast is for 24 hours of rain from 9am tomorrow and I don’t like playing with bees in the rain, after which I … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 20th June 2021

Posted on June 21, 2021 by james

I managed to earth up the potatoes today, but other jobs then got in the way of me doing much else. The only other garden-related thing I’ve done is emptying a pile of the remains of old beehive frames that … Continue reading →

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