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No dig diary, 19th August 2026

Posted on August 22, 2026 by james

More harvesting today. I’m picking tomatoes pretty much every day now, and my Tunnel of Love Apples is complete. I also picked my first sweet pepper. This one actually formed before I planted the peppers out, so it’s a bit … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 16th August 2026

Posted on August 21, 2026 by james

Little to report today other than finding this pepper hiding in the foliage in the polytunnel. I shall definitely be having that for lunch over the next few days. And of course there’s always room for a photo of oddly-shaped … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 6th August 2026

Posted on August 20, 2026 by james

I started (attempting) to save seeds from my pepper plants today. I’ve not had much success using bits of stocking to isolate the flowers and prevent cross-pollination, so I ordered some drawstring mesh bags to try instead. Once I’d identified … Continue reading →

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How many?!

Posted on August 2, 2026 by james

I noticed this plant whilst watering in the polytunnel this evening. From memory I think (I’m fairly sure) it’s a chocolate sweet pepper. I counted nine large fruit on it. I think this one might be one to save some … Continue reading →

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Delights from the veg plot

Posted on August 2, 2026 by james

This pepper is looking so nice. Can’t wait for it to change colour. I don’t actually know what colour it is going to be. It’s either a red or a yellow Corno di Toro, but I carelessly dropped one batch … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 25th July 2026

Posted on July 28, 2026 by james

I spent some time today potting pepper plants up into ten litre (roughly) pots. I say “pots”; actually they are twenty litre dairy hypochlorite jugs that I cut in half and drilled drainage holes in. I’m running low on bought … Continue reading →

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Spotted in the polytunnel

Posted on July 23, 2026 by james

First one of the year, almost ready. Yes, it is a bit small, but the plant actually fruited before I’d even got them planted out.

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No dig diary, 9th July 2026

Posted on July 9, 2026 by james

Again it was far too hot to achieve much today, but I did manage to pot up a few more peppers. Once temperatures had dropped a fair bit in the evening, I thought I’d have a poke about in Frankenstein’s … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 8th July 2026

Posted on July 8, 2026 by james

Too hot to be outside most of the day, at least for me. I don’t enjoy excessive heat to start with and I don’t think the BP drugs are helping me to cope. Eventually however I managed to find somewhere … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 6th July 2026

Posted on July 6, 2026 by james

I’ve not got much done in the last few days because of the blood pressure meds issues. This evening however I got out into the polytunnel and did some watering and removed sideshoots as well as snipping off some of … Continue reading →

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