Tag Archives: romanesco

Memory Lane, 18th July 2023: Fractal vegetables

Posted on May 28, 2024 by james

I love these on so many levels. Not only do they taste nice and look amazing, but they’re a beautiful illustration of how a simple rule can create a complex design for the plant that suggests something far more complicated … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 14th May 2024: Berries behind bars

Posted on May 14, 2024 by james

Last year our currants and gooseberries produced a reasonable amount of fruit, but we got to eat almost none of it: the deer and the birds ate almost everything as soon as it approached being ripe. So, this year we … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 16th March 2024

Posted on March 16, 2024 by james

I’m backing up a few things thanks to the weather — sowing parsnips has been delayed a few weeks, and today I had planned to sow carrots and onions for pickling, but the ground is just too wet. I could … Continue reading →

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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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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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No dig diary, 18th February 2024

Posted on February 18, 2024 by james

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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No dig diary, 5th March 2022

Posted on March 6, 2022 by james

There was a little more sowing to be done today. Mostly tomatoes, but also some Romanesco Cauliflower. This year I’m trying Apero, Olivade, Costoluto Fiorentino (seed left over from last year) and Amish Paste tomatoes, together with some random red … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 23rd June 2021

Posted on June 24, 2021 by james

After a few miserable days I got out in the garden today and planted out Romanesco cauliflower under my brassica netting. They should have gone out a couple of weeks back probably, but I wasn’t able to do so at … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 12th June 2021

Posted on June 21, 2021 by james

Thanks to my lack of mobility over the last week I’ve not got much done in the veggie plot other than a bit of tidying up, so it was nice to get out today and sow some more calabrese and … Continue reading →

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