Sad loss, Sorting the Polytunnel
Sad week, lost a friend. Working on the website so Gary arrives to help doing some work in the polytunnel, replacing compost in raised beds.
Allotment Garden Diary
My diary of my attempts, success and failures growing vegetables, fruit, herbs and gardening on an allotment.sized vegetable plot with a garden as well
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Micro-climate, Potatoes, Carrots
Recent snow emphasised the importance of micro-climate when growing your own. Harvesting carrots, checking potatoes in store.
Started Chitting Potatoes, It’s Cold
cold weather keeps on, chitting potatoes for planting later in the year. What potatoes I'm growing and why.
Used Pet Litter Wood Shavings Benefits
In this article Carly Tinker extols the benefits of used pet litter from rabbits and guinea pigs in the garden.
House Plants
Whilst we’ve had almost constant rain, I’ve not managed to get much done outside. Being indoors set me looking at our indoor houseplants.
Asian Hornets – Advice Guide
Asian hornets, Vespa velutina, have spread across Europe and have now arrived in Britain. What to do if you spot them,
Tomato Fertiliser, Tidying up for Winter
A chat about fertiliser results in some delicious free tomatoes. . Tidying up in the greenhouses and polytunnel as I prepare for winter.
Farewell Willow Cat, Last Potatoes, Gigantes, Cherry
Not the best week, we lost Willow Cat to cancer. Last potatoes harvested, All gigantes beans harvested. Cherry trees felled.
Declining Potato & Root Crop Yields – Why?
When yields start to fall, identifying the cause of the problem is the the first step. Here I work out what is deficient in the soil.
Storing Potatoes, Runner Beans, Cooking
Sorting and storing potatoes. End of the runner beans outside. Greek gigantes beans first picking and recipe. More cooking whilst it rains.
Heartfelt Thanks and Future Plans
After my last post and newsletter I was overwhelmed by the response in the comments and by email. My heartfelt thanks.
Time to Quit? Potato Harvest
poor season on the plot and I've been pretty down what with Covid and the blasted back. I've even thought about quitting. Great spuds!
Wet Onions
I’ve had a few people contact me about wet onions recently - the problem explained
Covid, Apples, Potatoes, Tomatoes
The flu was Covid which has hit us hard. Apples having a fantastic year but hit by Storm Betty. Masses of beans and tomatoes.
Summer Flu, Potatoes, Buckets of Beans, Tomatoes
We're down with a rotten bug but getting some help from my grandson to harvest potatoes.
Harvest Looking Good, Weather Not So Much.
Things are looking good with the harvest despite the weather. Cauliflowers to Carrots, Beans to Tomatoes and Cucumbers.
Anti-Rodent Potato Box, Hazel Trees, Savoys
Building a - hopefully - rat proof potato store, potting up hazel nut trees and planting out savoy cabbages for winter.
Peas, Tayberries & More
Gardening for children, flowers to fruits, it's all go at this time of year in the garden. The greenhouses doing well too.
Dead website kills pressure cooker!
Yesterday the web site was either offline or so slow as to be unusable for the day so I was batch cooking in the kitchen.
Heatwave Ends, Jobs get Done!
Now the heatwave has broken I can get on with the garden tasks, I think 2023 is going to be the year of fruit! Happy Solstice.
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