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Memory Lane, 30th October 2022: Yes, we have no tomatoes

Posted on March 28, 2024 by james

We’ve reached that point. I decided that what tomatoes there are aren’t going to ripen any further on the vines, so I picked absolutely everything. and then removed all the plants from the polytunnel. I’d missed spreading compost on the … 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, 1st September 2022: Tomatotastic, mate!

Posted on March 11, 2024 by james

Time to pick all the ripe tomatoes so those left on the vines have some change of getting ripe before the days become too short and cold. Apero F1: I think these are something like “Limoncello”, but I’m not sure. … Continue reading →

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Memory Lane, 23rd July 2022: Heeeere’s Tommy!

Posted on February 28, 2024 by james

Tommy tomato 😀 Tomatoes in the polytunnel, looking heathly. About forty plants in all. Sounds a lot, but we get through an awful lot of tomatoes, in salads, soup, pizza sauce, pasta sauces and probably other things too. All close … 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, 30th October 2021

Posted on November 11, 2021 by james

A random list of what’s happened this week… I finished the one remaining path around the veggie plot, using up almost the last of my saved cardboard in the process, as well as quite a bit of the woodchip. I’ve … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 16th October 2021

Posted on November 11, 2021 by james

Somehow I suddenly seem to have loads to do this weekend. I’m not entirely sure how that happened 🙂 This morning I harvested all the ripe tomatoes from the polytunnel. I was expecting them all to be turned into pizza … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, October 11th 2021

Posted on November 11, 2021 by james

I managed to plant garlic from the four bulbs I saved from this year’s harvest. I’ve done two bulbs in the main plot and two in the polytunnel again, but this time in the polytunnel I’ve done them as a … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 4th October 2021

Posted on November 11, 2021 by james

Well, the weather looks as though it’s getting a bit random for the next week, so as it was dry and I had some time today I went out and picked the beans, ending up with two trays full. They’re … Continue reading →

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