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No dig diary, 17th May 2024

Posted on May 20, 2024 by james

More planting out today, mostly lettuces and salad onions that I don’t need filling up the greenhouse any more. Time for them to be in the ground outside. Most of the tomatoes, the aubergines and peppers/chiles were potted on, too. … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 6th April 2024

Posted on April 6, 2024 by james

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 →

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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, 15th August 2021

Posted on August 17, 2021 by james

It’s been a frustrating day here if you want to be outdoors. Every time I went outside it seemed to start raining 🙁 I did manage to get some sowing done though — lettuces, spinach and spring onions. I was … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 30th July 2021

Posted on August 3, 2021 by james

It is said that all actions have quinsequonces… I went out to the greenhouse this evening to collect my kale plants with the intention of planting them out, to discover that having quite successfully netted all of my brassicas and … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 11th July 2021

Posted on July 12, 2021 by james

Today my daughter and I shredded another trailer and a half of sycamore before rain stopped play. I reckon there are about three trailer loads left of what I cut yesterday, but that will have to wait for another time. … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 1st May 2021

Posted on May 2, 2021 by james

Things have been quite slow recently because of the weather. I have lots of plants waiting to be planted out, but we’re still getting frosts overnight and the air temperature is even getting below freezing in the early hours of … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 4th April 2021

Posted on April 5, 2021 by james

On 27th March I sowed a single twenty-cell module tray, half with a second sowing of calabrese and half with spring cabbage. Whilst the calabrese have germinated well, there’s no sign of the cabbages yet, so I decided to sow … Continue reading →

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