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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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No dig diary, 1st July 2026

Posted on July 1, 2026 by james

Didn’t do a huge amount today, but first off I planted out all my spare squashes in the polycrub. Hopefully they’ll be happy enough there. Still need to get some weeding done in the polycrub, but that can wait a … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 30th June 2026

Posted on July 1, 2026 by james

I took myself off to the polytunnel this afternoon and indulged myself in a little weeding, winding. watering and wsideshooting whilst listening to the rain hammering on the cover. It does look much better now. Whilst grubbing around the plants, … Continue reading →

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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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No dig diary, 23rd May 2026

Posted on May 23, 2026 by james

Started planting my tomatoes out in the polytunnel today. Thirty-two plants so far, a mix of Garnet, Orange Banana, Skykomish, de Colgar, Lotos and Dív?í Prs. I still have Amish Paste and Polish Linguisa to do once I’ve spread more … Continue reading →

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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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