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No dig diary, 20th June 2026

Posted on June 20, 2026 by james

The most important goal of the day today was to get the garlic lifted. It’s been a very humid day and there wasn’t much pleasure in being in the polytunnel, but eventually I got all the plants into a wheelbarrow … Continue reading →

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Squash lucky dip

Posted on June 7, 2026 by james

I had perhaps two dozen squash seeds in the propagator when the weather was ridiculously hot a couple of weeks back. Unfortunately everything in it ended up getting cooked. I just couldn’t control the temperature enough. As none of the … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 16th May 2026

Posted on May 16, 2026 by james

My challenge today was to attend a family birthday celebration for an 80th, 46th and 12th without succumbing to drug-enforced sleep (which I managed, just), but before we left home I managed to get a small amount of sowing done. … Continue reading →

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James and the giant Butternut Squash

Posted on January 16, 2026 by james

We didn’t get many butternut squashes this year. Probably in part because I didn’t do much watering of the vegetable plot. Which is ironic in the light of the previous posting. If I had watered the plot we might not … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 19th May 2024

Posted on May 20, 2024 by james

More sowing in the greenhouse today. Mostly climbing beans and cucurbits — the stuff that needs something bigger than a module tray. Beans mostly seem to take care of themselves, but the last few years I’ve had problems getting cucurbits … Continue reading →

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Memory Lane, 5th October 2022: Tidying up

Posted on March 15, 2024 by james

The cucumbers aren’t going to produce anything more now, so it’s time to remove them from the polytunnel. This mostly leaves a few tomatoes that are still ripening. The squashes — butternuts, spaghetti squash and Crown Prince were all harvested … Continue reading →

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Memory Lane, 10th September 2022: It’s the final harvest…

Posted on March 13, 2024 by james

Well, perhaps for the tomatoes. We’ll see. Depends a lot on the Autumn weather. If it’s kind there may be more. But for today, I have picked all of the remaining tomatoes that appeared ripe. And I decided it was … Continue reading →

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Memory Lane, 25th May 2022: A failure

Posted on February 14, 2024 by james

Germination of squash plants always seems to be a bit random so I always sow far more than I need. Then when I get more plants than I want I can’t really bear to throw them into the compost. This … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 10th October 2021

Posted on November 11, 2021 by james

It’s been a bit of a disjointed weekend for me. I had plans to do loads of stuff, but ended up spending a fair bit of it being “washing machine repair man” so there are plenty of things on my … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 6th October 2021

Posted on November 11, 2021 by james

We had some unexpected sunshine today, so I got out in the veggie plot and relocated all of the cornflowers and nasturtiums (which are no longer flowering) to the compost heap, evicting a large number of slugs in the process. … Continue reading →

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